animal videos

These are baby skates and from this angle they almost look like they’re smiling.

The National Zoo’s 20-month-old giant panda Bei Bei is continuing to mature and show his personality.

A raccoon in New Jersey had a day it will likely never forget, no matter how badly it would probably prefer to.

Meet the world’s tallest horse.

He had a clump of bamboo lodged in his bowel.

A pig determined to change her destiny has experienced an extraordinary journey.

Two Irish wolfhound puppies are the first documented identical twin dogs ever.

An adorable stubby squid was recently spotted by the E/V Nautilus crew off the shore of California.

Cats love their naps and generally don’t like to be disturbed when taking them. One ensured a blissful and uninterrupted slumber by perfecting the art of camouflage.

A video of an orphaned baby beaver enjoying pool time has gone viral.

A farmer in Menomonie, Wisconsin recently found a baby alpaca trapped in the ground, having seen its head rising above the grass.

Cute pictures of sea otters holding hands have become popular online, but a recent Dodo article reveals that there is a practical purpose to the adorable behavior--it keeps them from floating away from each other while sleeping in the water.

The Transport Commission of Ecuador posted pictures of a small sloth clinging to a barrier post in the middle of a highway. The images quickly gathered tens of thousands of likes and shares.

A rare monkey was recently born at Australia’s Taronga Zoo.

Researchers have previously snapped blurry photos of Borneo’s elusive “vampire squirrel,” but video footage published earlier this month gives the world its first clear glimpse at this unusual creature.

Weddell seals from Erebus Bay in Antarctica have been studied for decades. One of the scientists, William Link with the U.S. Geological Survey captured a heartwarming moment involving a mother and her pup back in October.

Kittens and tigers, birds and foxes, pandas, and puppies – no matter what type of animals finds themselves in snow, they all seem to enjoy it!

As much as humankind has had negative impacts on the wildlife surrounding its settlements, touching stories of animal-human encounters give hope for a compassion that knows not the boundaries of species.

Five-month-old baby gorilla Joanne continues to become more active and more curious at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Guinea pigs are the best conversationalists in the animal kingdom. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after viewing some videos in the “Talking Animals” series by the campaign Pets Add Life (PAL).