Terrier Meysi is the World’s Smallest Dog
Meet Meysi, a tiny Terrier crossbreed from Jarocin, Poland, who is is unwittingly vying for the title of World’s Smallest Living Dog. Meysi weighed just 1.58 ounces at her birth three months ago and her owner Anna Pohl wasn’t sure the cute puppy would survive. Continue reading »
Bears Fighting on Road
Japanese photographer Shogo Asao has captured the moment two 2.4m tall grizzly or brown bears went claw to claw after one tried to steal a salmon the other had caught for his lunch. Continue reading »
National Geographic Photo Contest 2012: A Sneak Peek at the Top Shots
What do double rainbows, baby penguins and “ninja” kangaroos have in common? They’re the focus of some of the best images submitted for the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest. Judges will look at creativity, photographic quality and authenticity of the content across three broad categories: people, places and nature. The magazine will feature the best photographs from each category as well as the $10,000 grand-prize winning shot.
(PHOTO: Lalith Ekanayake/National Geographic Photo Contest)
The progeny, a solitary chick, amidst the adult Great Crested Terns, taken from a prone position, with a wide-angle lens, at a breeding site on a Sri Lankan island off north-western seas. Continue reading »
Animal Lovers Converge on Pet Fair
Summit, an Australian shepherd, makes a leaping catch of a frisbee at the pet trade fair (Heimtiermesse) at Velodrom on November 2, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Exhibitors are showing the latest trends in collars, snacks and other accessories for cats, dogs and other household pets. (Photo by Sean Gallup) Continue reading »
Longcroft – Luxury Cat Hotel
An exclusive luxury all-suite hotel property featuring five-star service and fine gourmet dining has just opened in north of London. What makes this property uniquely exclusive is that prospective hotel guests are required to possess whiskers, claws and speak only the language of Meow and Mew. Indeed, the new Longcroft Hotel is for cats only. Continue reading »
A Lot of Penguins
From the sky, it looks as though it is a river clogged with pollution or perhaps a field of exotic flowers. It’s not until you get closer that the true nature of this living carpet is revealed. Continue reading »
Face-to-face with a Shark
hese terrifying pictures show the moment a photographer was circled by a hungry shark – for two hours. (Sam Cahir / Barcroft) Continue reading »
Buttons and Kitty – Two Baby-Friends
Little cat named Kitty found in the garden all alone. She was only one day old. Fortunately, the man who found it was concerned and brought the baby to the center of rescue cats and dogs. So she was not alone, workers put it in the center of a room with a puppy named Buttons, who was born at the center, but was rejected by her mother. Since then, the two are inseparable. Photos by Casey Gutteridge / SWNS.com Continue reading »
Ginny –The Dog Who Rescues Cats
Ginny, a seventeen-year old schnauzer-husky mix from Long Beach, Long Island who was famous for rescuing cats, was killed off by her owner, Philip Gonzalez, on August 25th. At the time of her death she had stopped eating and was incontinent and arthritic. Continue reading »
Four Month Old Northern Lynx Kittens get their First Public Outing
Northern Lynx kittens, explore their enclosure at the Highland Wildlife park on October 9, 2012 in Kingussie, Scotland. The feline twins are believed to be the type of lynx found historically in Scotland. The Highland Wildlife Park specialises in Scottish animal species, both past and present, and species that are well adapted to cold weather. In photographs by by Jeff J. Mitchell. Continue reading »
Giant Eyeball Found on the Beach
A giant eyeball from a mysterious sea creature washed ashore and was found by a man walking the beach in Pompano Beach. No one knows what species the huge blue eyeball came from. The eyeball will be sent to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg to be examined. (Carli Segelson/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
A Pair of Curious Young Polar Bears Play Together
A pair of curious young polar bears play together in Bernard Spit, Alaska. These in-yer-face polar bear pictures are the closest most of us get to one of natures most powerful predators. (Barcroft) Continue reading »
The Cutest Panda Ever
These delighted schoolchildren were given a rare treat when they met the cutest bear on the planet yesterday. (Getty) Continue reading »
South African Leopard Catches Sandgrouse
Deftly he finished with a birdie that they fly so low? Continue reading »
Beluga Whales: Play with me!
Baring teeth and charging upwards, this rare beluga whale makes a dash towards wildlife photographer Joe Bunni. But rather than an act of aggression these 4m long mammals are just messing around in the sea, enjoying the company. (Barcroft) Continue reading »
Their First Steps
Baby Red Pandas make some of their first steps in their enclosure after they were born at the Coltswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire. (PA)
Close Up
A remote-controlled, camouflaged camera allows Will Burrard-Lucas to capture intimate snaps of some of the continents most fearsome animals – without the risk of being savaged. (Barcroft) Continue reading »
Animal Orchestra
China’s Xiang Jiang Zoo has established an animal orchestra. The orchestra has members including a chimp on drums, elephants on big drums and chimes, a hippo on bass and baboons on flute. (Rex) Continue reading »
Beluga Whales Blowing Bubbles in Japan
The talent in bubbles unfurled the white Beluga whales living in Shimane Aquarium in Japan.As shown in the picture, have learned to make bubble rings, indicative of high intelligence.Whales blowing air from the mouth to create a stream and immediately after xanafysoun powerfully in the same place so that the bubbles to form a ring.Beluga whales are organized in groups and are social animals. They live in Arctic and sub-Arctic and known as “sea canaries” and mimic a wide range of sounds. Continue reading »
Spangles, the Cross-Eyed Cat
From his owner:
“Meet Spangles the cross-eyed kitty who is quite a charmer. He was born on July 4. So I came up with his name, Spangles! Spangles loves to take photos. He will pose for me, and let me know when he’s in a glamorous mood. He has one cross eye, and he was born that way. He can see perfectly fine.” Continue reading »
Roaring with Joy
A Amur tiger cub looks out of a basket during weighing in the Leipzig Zoo in central Germany. Two twin cubs were born on 20th July. They are still nameless tigers have achieved a weight of about 9 kilogram in the meantime. (AP) Continue reading »
“Kater Murrs Galerie berühmter Katzen”. Artworks by Michael Mathias Prechtl
Michael Mathias Prechtl (April 26, 1926, Amberg – March 19, 2003, Nuremberg) was a German artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He served as a soldier on the Eastern Front during World War II and spent 1945-49 as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union.
He is well known for illustrating German editions of literary classics such as works by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Thomas More, Dante, Goethe, Benvenuto Cellini, and the letters of Mozart. He received more publicity for the numerous front page illustrations he made for Der Spiegel in the 1980s. Continue reading »
Cat Fashion Show at the Algonquin Hotel
Manhattan’s most fashionable felines dressed their best to help Matilda, the famous Algonquin Hotel cat, celebrate her 15th birthday on Aug. 11, 2010. The party was held in the hotel’s lobby and centered around a good ol’ fashioned cat fashion show. (Photo by Katie Sokoler/Gothamist.com) Continue reading »
Unlikely Friendships
Don’t forget to check a previous one – Animal Instinct: The World’s Most Unlikely Friendships.
An orphaned rhesus monkey and white dove that seemed to have lost its mate forged a special bond at the Neilingding Island-Futian National Nature Reserve in China. The monkey was born on the island but had strayed from its mother. Luckily, it was taken in by work staff in the protection center and became friends with the pigeon that had lingered there after possibly losing its mate. (Photo by CNImaging/Photoshot) Continue reading »
Humpback Whale Close Encounter Off California Coast
Bill Bouton, a retired high school biology teacher, was on an unsuccessful outing to photograph birds in San Luis Obispo, California, when he happened upon a breathtaking sight beneath the skyline: a pod of humpback whales feeding in shallow water.
The 69-year-old captured one of the enormous mammals breaching the surface while feeding on a “bait ball,” a dense mass of sardines that forms to ward off predators. But the defense mechanism just seemed to be attracting more hungry creatures, Bouton said, as hundreds of pelicans and seagulls were diving in the water and flying up again. Continue reading »
