cute animals

The National Zoo’s 20-month-old giant panda Bei Bei is continuing to mature and show his personality.

George, an orphaned baby wombat who has been taken in by an Australian park has become an Internet sensation.

He had a clump of bamboo lodged in his bowel.

Two Irish wolfhound puppies are the first documented identical twin dogs ever.

An adorable stubby squid was recently spotted by the E/V Nautilus crew off the shore of California.

A video of an orphaned baby beaver enjoying pool time has gone viral.

Cute pictures of sea otters holding hands have become popular online, but a recent Dodo article reveals that there is a practical purpose to the adorable behavior--it keeps them from floating away from each other while sleeping in the water.

A young koala on the mend at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital is melting hearts around the world.

The Transport Commission of Ecuador posted pictures of a small sloth clinging to a barrier post in the middle of a highway. The images quickly gathered tens of thousands of likes and shares.

A viral image of a koala on a stop sign in South Australia has prompted the police there to make puns and sent the Internet into a marsupial-induced tizzy of ‘Aww!’

There are 6,264 endangered animals on Earth—and here are the babies of those species to tug at the heart strings.

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute has shared some images of the adorable red panda cubs they recently welcomed to the institution.

Weddell seals from Erebus Bay in Antarctica have been studied for decades. One of the scientists, William Link with the U.S. Geological Survey captured a heartwarming moment involving a mother and her pup back in October.

Two red pandas from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden recently had some fun in the snow. A video that was captured by a keeper at the zoo depicts them having a blast and that footage has quickly gone viral.

A male cheetah cub at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was recovering Thursday from surgery to repair a growth abnormality that caused his legs to bow. The cub, Ruuxa, was accompanied by his friend, a ridgeback puppy, who waited for his return and sat beside him as he came out from under the effect of the anesthesia.

Five-month-old baby gorilla Joanne continues to become more active and more curious at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Guinea pigs are the best conversationalists in the animal kingdom. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after viewing some videos in the “Talking Animals” series by the campaign Pets Add Life (PAL).

Strange animal friendships: There’s something special about friendships in the animal kingdom that form between different species. Maybe it’s that it gives us hope we can overcome great differences to all get along. Maybe animal friendships simply show us the extent to which it is natural to care about others.

The National Zoo’s 20-month-old giant panda Bei Bei is continuing to mature and show his personality.

George, an orphaned baby wombat who has been taken in by an Australian park has become an Internet sensation.

He had a clump of bamboo lodged in his bowel.

Two Irish wolfhound puppies are the first documented identical twin dogs ever.

An adorable stubby squid was recently spotted by the E/V Nautilus crew off the shore of California.

A video of an orphaned baby beaver enjoying pool time has gone viral.

Cute pictures of sea otters holding hands have become popular online, but a recent Dodo article reveals that there is a practical purpose to the adorable behavior--it keeps them from floating away from each other while sleeping in the water.

A young koala on the mend at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital is melting hearts around the world.

The Transport Commission of Ecuador posted pictures of a small sloth clinging to a barrier post in the middle of a highway. The images quickly gathered tens of thousands of likes and shares.

A viral image of a koala on a stop sign in South Australia has prompted the police there to make puns and sent the Internet into a marsupial-induced tizzy of ‘Aww!’

There are 6,264 endangered animals on Earth—and here are the babies of those species to tug at the heart strings.

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute has shared some images of the adorable red panda cubs they recently welcomed to the institution.

Weddell seals from Erebus Bay in Antarctica have been studied for decades. One of the scientists, William Link with the U.S. Geological Survey captured a heartwarming moment involving a mother and her pup back in October.

Two red pandas from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden recently had some fun in the snow. A video that was captured by a keeper at the zoo depicts them having a blast and that footage has quickly gone viral.

A male cheetah cub at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was recovering Thursday from surgery to repair a growth abnormality that caused his legs to bow. The cub, Ruuxa, was accompanied by his friend, a ridgeback puppy, who waited for his return and sat beside him as he came out from under the effect of the anesthesia.

Five-month-old baby gorilla Joanne continues to become more active and more curious at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Guinea pigs are the best conversationalists in the animal kingdom. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after viewing some videos in the “Talking Animals” series by the campaign Pets Add Life (PAL).

Strange animal friendships: There’s something special about friendships in the animal kingdom that form between different species. Maybe it’s that it gives us hope we can overcome great differences to all get along. Maybe animal friendships simply show us the extent to which it is natural to care about others.