Animals

January 17, 2017

Zebra Shark Living in Isolation for 4 Years Gives Birth Without a Male Partner

It started like a typical love story. Two zebra sharks, living happily together for 12 years and producing 24 pups. Then, circumstance ripped them apart, leaving the female in her own, isolated tank. But here's where the story takes a twist. After living alone since 2012, Leonie the female zebra shark give birth to three pups in early 2016. Just how was this possible?

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January 10, 2017

Adorable Underbelly Photos of Dogs Raise Funds for Animal Welfare

Photographer Jason Kenzie and designer Tania Ryan capture cute and cuddly canines from a new perspective for their photography-based animal welfare campaign titled The Underdogs Project. Taking the term “underdog” quite literally, the comical and clever pet project features photographs shot from below, giving us an adorable and unusual view of each dog's fuzzy underside. Playfully presenting pups of various sizes, breeds, and ages, the topsy-turvy photo series highlights the diversity of dogs in an extraordinarily original way.

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January 2, 2017

Colorful Paintings Visualize the Energetic Souls of Wildlife

Expressive and emotive, British artist Emily Tan‘s colorful creature portraits imaginatively capture the beauty of the animal kingdom. Each polychromatic piece combines the sketch-like quality of drawing with dreamy washes of watercolor to present an ethereal series of animal paintings. Though composed of quick brushstrokes and bursting with color, the portraits convey realistic renderings of animals, from big cats and primates to small birds and butterflies.

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December 14, 2016

19-Year-Old Cat’s Rare Skin Condition Changes Black Fur Into Brilliant Marble Coat

When you adopt a cat, you don’t expect for its fur to change colors. A black cat, in theory, should retain its midnight shade for the rest of its life. So, imagine the surprise that a man named David had when Scrappy, his beloved furry friend, started seeing spots. As the cat turned seven years old, his fur began sprouting white patches among his previously all-dark coat.

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