Category: Animal Encounters

Understanding the various groups and species of hooved ungulates worldwide can be difficult! In most Western languages, the terms gazelle, impala, and antelope are all used interchangeably

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In June, Beckie Louise Ryan noticed a hedgehog living in her backyard. She named her new friend Henry and loved seeing him from time to

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A Salem, Massachusetts, resident was recently out walking their dog when they saw a tiny feathered animal huddled in front of the post office. When

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Meagan Licari, president of Puppy Kitty NYCity, spends her days saving cats and dogs. But when she recently stumbled upon a distressed wild animal, her rescue

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It was a quiet Saturday afternoon in Northumberland, England, when Ben Beska noticed an unusual orange shimmer in the middle of his backyard. The small,

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It was a typical August evening in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, when Gill Start went out to the River Great Ouse to feed a

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After this little sea otter pup somehow ended up getting separated from his mother off the coast of California, he was lucky to end up in the

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Judie Schwager couldn’t believe her eyes. She was inside her home when she heard an animal cry that sounded as if it belonged in Jurassic

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There are many reasons to love sea otters, other than how furry and adorable they inherently are. They can dive hundreds of feet deep. They can use

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Every morning, Kimani the elephant and Siilai the buffalo go for a walk together in central Kenya. They wrestle and nap on each other. In

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