wildlife

A cat that chased a rabbit into a pipe found himself in a tight spot, literally, when he became lodged inside and had to be freed by firefighters and vets - who got a surprise in the middle of their efforts. When the black-and-white tomcat was discovered struggling with the pipe inside a...

Looks like Yoda, it does. This curious little animal bears a startling resemblance to a certain Star Wars Jedi Master. The remarkable animal shares many similarities with the diminutive character from the legendary sci-fi film series. As he was trekking through the jungle in the...

A South-African man and his grandson spent two hours hiding from a hippo in a tree, only to find that all the animal wanted was an apple. The 52-year-old was canoeing with his seven-year-old grandson in the Vaal River to the north-west of Johannesburg when they discovered they were being...

Days after the sad death of much-loved polar bear Knut these cute cubs celebrated their first day out in front of the public with an arctic roll with their mum. The polar bear cubs - Gregot and Aleut, now four months old - joined mum Vera as they met their fans for the first time at...

An ostrich stolen from a farm in Romania showed homing pigeon skills after managing to escape from her captors to run all the way home at 40mph. The big flightless birds, native to Africa, are famous for their ability to run at high speeds but are not so well known for their homing...

A penguin has defied all odds by hopping aboard an aeroplane and joining paying passengers on a flight to San Diego - whoever claimed that penguins can’t fly clearly hasn't met this little chap. Pete has defied nature – and fasten seatbelt signs – by taking to the skies and waddling down the...

This normally graceful flamingo got in a flap when his normally finely-honed balance failed him in spectacular fashion. Usually known for their ability to stand on one leg without any trouble for hours at a time, this daft bird's balance totally escaped him as he took a tumble in a lake...

A jackdaw bird has become a real-life Kes after befriending schoolboy Emmanuel Adams while he walked to school - and has now moved into the boy's home. The jackdaw began landing on the head of Emmanuel Adams as he walked to school, and now comes with him into his home, perching on the...

A troop of monkeys at Longleat Safari Park was given a battered old Mercedes to play with and they quickly set about dismantling it… The meddling macaques haven’t had any cars to abuse for the past two years because their Monkey Jungle enclosure has been closed to the public while it was...

Don't laugh, but a vicious squirrel has terrorized a Vermont neighborhood, attacking at least three residents and eluding wildlife control experts for more than a week. The small gray squirrel in Bennington, Vt., has broken the peace that existed between humans and the small woodland...

A big yellow snake terrified passengers aboard a train in Poland, after it escaped from its carry box and slithered through a carriage. Passengers travelling between Gdynia and Zakopane yanked the emergency brake and climbed up on their seats as the 3.5ft reptile crossed their paths...

Maybe he’s really looking forward to life as a frog or perhaps he just likes posing for the camera – but this tadpole obviously has a reason to smile in a photo taken by photographer David Spears. The 1cm (0.4in) tadpole was captured with a ‘grin’ on his face after being placed under a...

Police investigating complaints about a man’s noisy pets found two adult lions being kept in his garden in Romania. Owner Lorian Galcescu, 45, said: ‘I don’t know what the problem is – they weren’t hurting anyone.’ He said he bought the two Senegalese lions as cubs from a fair that...

A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida. Isles of Capri Fire spokesman Keith Perry says a charter boat captain called 911 Sunday afternoon after the dolphin jumped on the boat and landed on one of his passengers. The...

Photographer Bob Garas has revealed his favourite subject to work with are frogs and he can spend hours waiting for them to strike the perfect pose in his studio. Garas often spends hours working with his subjects – his frogs – waiting for them to stretch for the perfect pose. ‘Every...

An estimated one million fish turned up dead in a Southern California marina, creating a floating feast for pelicans, gulls and other sea life and a stinky mess for harbour authorities. The sardines apparently depleted the water of oxygen and suffocated after getting lost in the marina...

Bird lover Eva Hueber could be forced to pay compensation for 'irresponsible feeding' and might even face prison for the mess the birds caused in the Austrian city of Villach. The property management company on the estate where Ms Hueber lives is taking action for 'many years of irresponsible...

It wasn't hoppy days for this tree frog when a hungry snake decided to hang out with it in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. The poor amphibian was happily hopping along when a hungry snake snatched it from above. And it was all downhill from the moment it left the ground as, following a...

No, it's not another Syfy movie starring Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. But it does have a made-for-TV plotline: Mississippi man goes fishing. Man catches and hauls in a 300+ pound alligator gar fish more than 8 feed long. Cut to: "... giant fish comes back to life and swallows the fisherman...

SAO PAULO — Firefighters say they have removed a 5-foot-long alligator who was hiding behind a couch after floodwaters washed it into a home in northern Brazil. Capt. Luiz Claudio Farias of the Parauapebas city fire department says that when the floodwaters receded on Tuesday, a woman saw...