Yawning Mouse

New research has found that a slightly different version of a gene associated with human speech also governs movement in rodents.

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

Red-Eyed Tree Frog uses leaf as umbrella

Cookie Cutter Shark

These are small sharks (up to 20 inches) which feed on small circular chunks of flesh they bite out of larger prey. This leaves a tell-tale wound…

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Happy Elephant

All that’s needed is a rubber duckie…

Blue Footed Boobies

Miniature Pigs

Miniature Pigs: Pets of the Future 

25,000 Penguins

These pictures were taken 2,000ft above the shoreline of South Georgia, a British territory close to the Falklands.

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Green Turtle Gets a Cleaning

Animals Are Smarter Than You Think

Alex the parrot has a brain the size of a walnut but on many counts evidences the intelligence of a young child.

To demonstrate, Pepperberg carried Alex on her arm to a tall wooden perch in the middle of the room. She then retrieved a green key and a small green cup from a basket on a shelf. She held up the two items to Alex’s eye.”What’s same?” she asked.

Without hesitation, Alex’s beak opened: “Co-lor.”

“What’s different?” Pepperberg asked.

“Shape,” Alex said.

National Geographic: Animal Minds