AnimalsFrom our X
A meerkat at Kamfersboom Borehole, Kgalagadi
Wildlife photographer Adam Zimmerman photographed a meerkat at Kamfersboom Borehole in South Africa’s Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Animals
Wildlife, creatures and the people who study them.
AnimalsFrom our X
The decades-long ant war outside San Diego
A breakaway group of Argentine ants near Lake Hodges has fought the California supercolony for decades. Researchers estimate about 30 million ants die each year on the front line.
NatureFrom our X
A sunset framed in a buck’s antlers in British Columbia
Photographer Amanda Iceton captured the setting sun framed within a buck’s antlers in the Kamloops grasslands on July 22, 2024.
AnimalsFrom our X
A young brown bear waits her turn at the tree line
Wildlife photographer Sune Wendelboe photographed a young female brown bear after a bigger bear ran her out of a clearing. In autumn, bigger bears do not share the berries.
AnimalsFrom our X
Japan’s tanuki looks like a raccoon, but it’s a dog
Japan’s tanuki looks like a raccoon and sits like a stuffed toy, but it is neither. It is a real canid, and the mask is fur.
AnimalsFrom our X
Why the roseate spoonbill is pink
Deborah Sandidge filmed a roseate spoonbill preening in a Florida wetland. The pink comes from the shrimp and crabs it eats; juveniles stay pale for about three years.
PetsFrom our X
Bobi, once named the world’s oldest dog, died at a reported 31
Our post marked the death of Bobi at a reported 31 years old, which it put at roughly 217 in human years.
AnimalsFrom our X
Texas cow has quadruplets: Eeny, Meeny, Miny and Moo
A cow in Texas gave birth to quadruplets, and her owners named the calves Eeny, Meeny, Miny and Moo.
AnimalsFrom our X
Why tigers look orange to us but green to deer
Humans are trichromats, so a tiger looks orange to us. Deer and wild boars are dichromats, and to them the same tiger appears green.