For most people with allergies, they avoid whatever is irritating them like the plague. But animal lover Caitlin Stewart, despite being severely allergic to animals, has devoted herself to rescuing and caring for all creatures great and small. Any contact…
There’s a whole lot of crazy Photoshopped animals floating around the internet, but these 17 hybrid species are 100% real and 100% awesome. #1. Male lion + female tiger = liger. Ligers are the biggest of the big cats, with…
The Child Photo Competition is a competition dedicated to discovering and promoting talented child photographers from across the globe. This year’s competition theme was “children and animals,” inspiring these tender portraits of kids with their pets and stunning photography of youngsters meeting wild…
These wide-eyed and unbearably adorable Japanese and Siberian flying squirrels look like they’ve come straight out of a Disney cartoon, but they’re actually found in Japan and some parts of Europe. Old World flying squirrels, as they are known, don’t hibernate, but…
We aren’t the only ones who love the colors and magic of fall — as these adorable pictures of our animal cousins prove. Whether it’s goofing around with pumpkins or jumping in big piles of autumn leaves, it’s clear that…
It’s almost too perfect: using the natural world to “color in” paper cut outs of animals. Artist Nikolai Tolstyh takes photos of paper animal silhouettes in natural settings, using leaves, flowers, and grass to mimic the actual coloring of the animals. And…
The fact that most Disney animals talk allows us to perceive them as being more human than animal. So when Wisconsin-based artist ‘Pugletto’ decided to reimagine Disney animals as humans in a way that hadn’t been done before, we were…
Zoo animals are running wild on the streets of Tbilisi after devastating floods hit the Georgian capital on Sunday, leaving at least 12 people dead. Local residents have been faced with scenes that look like they’re straight out of Jumanji, like this Hippopotamus walking…
“Draw me like one your French girls, Jack.” This is exactly what these animals ‘working it’ for the camera are saying. It’s all in the body language, people! #1. Like a boss. #2. The classic ‘come hither’ look. #3. The…
Part of the reason why humans enjoy the company of animals so much is that we feel they can relate to us on an a deep, emotional level. Vincent Lagrange, a photographer based in Antwerp, Belgium, is a big believer that animals experience complex emotions.…
If there’s one thing we should thank the internet for, it’s for showing us that beautiful art can be achieved with any medium, such as this Japanese artist’s balloons. Masayoshi Matsumoto is obviously not your kiddie party-type balloon twister. His…
Animals in the wild typically run (fly, crawl or slither) for cover when raindrops start falling. But the inventive creatures below have figured out that shelter doesn’t always have to be a tree: a mushroom or flower will do the trick just as well, and will allow you…
A year and a half ago, Russell the cat only just survived a house fire, barely making it out alive. He sustained 3rd degree burns all over his face and body and has since been under the care of staff at the…
Cats generally get a lot of flack for being cold, heartless and just plain unsentimental. But before you write off the entire species, get a load of this one-of-a-kind feline. Rademenes’ previous owners only had one thing in mind when…
Whether they take to land, sea, or air, all species, great and small, share an occasional genetic “flaw” – albinoism. To be perfectly honest, though, there’s absolutely nothing “flawed” about these uniquely beautiful critters. Prepare to have your breath taken away…
It has been four years since the well-documented Fukushima disaster wrecked havoc in Japan and led to one of the most severe nuclear meltdowns in history, when the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant started leaking radioactive materials. The threat of radiation exposure prompted Japanese officials to hastily…