Culture Buzz More inter-species affection to thaw your cynical heart. Tinsel the turkey was thrown off a truck and rescued on the side of a highway in Britain. When he was brought to the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, he instantly took a shine to a female deer by the name of Bramble. Now the two are inseparable, even sleeping together.
Culture Buzz A mountain lion, grizzly bear and monkey were the only animals still running loose after being set free from an exotic-animal preserve, an Ohio sheriff said Wednesday, as authorities tried to piece together why the preserve's owner apparently released dozens of animals before committing suicide.
Nailed it. This panda, born in captivity a year ago, has never seen a human face. Instead, his caretakers have always approached him while wearing totally realistic panda suits. Click the image for the full story and more pictures. (via shortlist.com)
Culture Buzz Baby lions will one day become ferocious kings of the jungle that could easily devour you. But that certainly isn't the case with these little ones just yet.
Culture Buzz The worst effects of the BP oil spill are being felt most by the animals whose very existence is being threatened. To get everyone into more of an actionable mood, here's a list of the ten cutest animals that are being directly hurt/threatened by the effects of the oil spill.
The National Wildlife Federation's 39th annual photography competition ended with some really stunning photos. This particular photo was taken by Robert M. Palmer, the grand prize winner in the professional category. Click through for some other amazing photos.
Culture Buzz Images captured by a wildlife photographer of three cheetahs who decided it was hang-out time instead of dinnertime after catching a young impala. The whole neck-licking thing seems a little sketchy, but the guys had so much fun that they totally forgot to kill anybody. (Via.)
If you even think about giving the bears your Big Mac you now know what we'll do to them. Two words. Shotgun, and blood. Keep your windows up and burgers safely inside the vehicle.
Forget all the cute, in perhaps not the most kind act toward animals, this camera catches a snake regurgitating it's dinner: A HIPPO.
Science Buzz Eighteen Alaskan scientists are on a mission to exterminate an enormous population of Norway rats that have overtaken Rat Island, a tiny island at the end of the Aleutian chain. The rats, who will soon face $3 million worth of tiny toxic pebbles, jumped off a shipwrecked Japanese ship sometime in the 18th century and have been breeding like coeds ever since.