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beagle escapes from home and then wins ribbon Credit: Anna Rostova / Getty The saga of Bonnie the beagle mix sure seems like the popular Hollywood tales that pop up every 25 years or so. A young ingenue, lost in the big city, a little down on her luck. Suddenly, boom! A big shot director discovers her and casts her in his newest blockbuster. Fame and accolades abound! That’s pretty much what happened to Bonnie—except at a dog show in southern England rather than a feature film....

woman sharing a bed with her dog sleeping next to each other Credit: Anana_go / Adobe Stock Hunkering down with a fuzzy and warm four-legged friend for a good night’s sleep is often just the refuge many pet parents need after a hard day of adulting. But when it comes down to it, do we prefer sleeping with our dogs more than our partners? The folks at Slumber Yard were curious about this, too....

Discovering seashells on the shore is one of the best things about going to the beach. So, next time you come across a shell, make sure to check and see if it is the shell of a whelk. Whelks, belonging to the family Buccinidae, have spiral shells and live on muddy and sandy ocean floors, which have a depth of 16.4-656.2 ft (5-200 m). They mainly reside in cold water, and these are one of the largest snails that can be found in the seas....

The myth of vampires and their immortality has been around for centuries now.They go back to Ancient Greece whose civilization was said to be around 1200-323 BCE. During this time, there were numerous stories of people drinking the bodily fluids of others and attacking them late at night.People associate vampires with the well-known Count Dracula, the blood-sucking legendary character in Bram Stoker’s infamous novel, published in 1897. However, the dreadful history of vampires started much before Bram Stoker was even born....

This Australian shepherd can seemingly do anything! She can sing, she can dance, she can do laundry … heck, she can even do yoga: cobra lift, side twist, child’s pose, and single-leg downward dog. If you didn’t meet her the first time, now’s your chance. Reintroducing Secret: the super-talented Aussie who’s rolling up her yoga mat for something a bit messier—and dare I say more impressive? In this adorable TikTok video, posted by Secret’s owner, Mary Peters, on July 18, Secret is seen holding a paint brush in her mouth approaching a blank, white canvas....

Black dog sits in front of castle in Sussex Credit: Courtesy of Sussex Police After originally being found abandoned in a bucket and later adopted, a rambunctious cocker spaniel puppy named Badger couldn’t stay with his adoptive family. Luckily, the Sussex and Surrey Police Dog Unit was able to put his energy—and snazzy sniffing skills—to work. Badger and three other young pups were first discovered by a concerned citizen in Redhill, Surrey, a town about 20 miles south London in the summer of 2019....

Deer are highly adaptive animals that can quickly settle down into any ecotone region growth specialized for them or otherwise.It is essential to create a common living ground for their proper preservation and timely food, care, and reproduction. This is why a properly built deer habitat for the herd and the fawns becomes necessary.A few important things deer need are a shed to eat, to raise their population, and quality forest grazing areas....

dog posing with Santa Credit: Rachel Crocetti Taking photos with Santa is a classic holiday tradition, and now there are more opportunities to include your pup in the fun. A few years ago, I brought my Pomeranian Sammy to meet Santa at a local event and I truly treasure the photo as one of my favorites. While Sammy is pretty prone to having her photo taken (yes, I’m not a regular dog mom, I’m a millennial dog mom) there were still a few important steps we took to prep for the event, and some tips I learned from the experience on how to get that perfect holiday photo....

The acacia pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) is a bird species from the family Lybiidae that is found living in savannas, fynbos, grasslands, and agricultural areas as well as open gardens. They are found mainly in Swaziland, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. The acacia pied barbet range is found in alien vegetationAcacia pied barbet (Tricholaema leucomelas) birds are like other barbets. They also act like a woodpecker because they drill holes in deadwood or into dead trees to create holes into which they place their eggs....

The Algerian mouse (Mus spretus), also called the western Mediterranean mouse, is a wild mouse species of the family Muridae. These Algerian mice are closely related to house mice (Mus musculus) and are native to the western Mediterranean, for which they are named. The Algerian mouse population is one of the three extant wild species. The relationship between these two species, Algerian and house mouse (Mus musculus) is not known. However, it might represent early Algerian mouse evolution differences....

The ashy minivet, Pericrocotus divaricatus, is a type of bird that belongs to the family genus Campephagidae Pericrocotus. Most species of minivets have shades of yellow, orange, and red in their plumage. But the ashy minivet species has only greys, whites, and blacks. The male and female have moderately long white-gray plumage. This species male is distinctive with a white face. It also has black nape, although females can be confused with the female Swinhoe’s minivet species....

The black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor), also known as the Malayan giant squirrel, is a species of mammals endemic to the southern and southeastern range of Asia, mainly the Indomalayan range. The average black giant squirrel size makes it one of the biggest squirrel species and it lives in mainly coniferous and semi-evergreen forest habitats. The black giant squirrel species is known for being bicolor, with half their bodies being a very dark brown to black, and the other half being tan or buff....

The bushy-tailed jird (Sekeetamys calurus) is a single species of rodent often found in central Saudi Arabia, Eastern Egypt, southern Israel, Sudan, Jordan, parts of northern Africa, Russia, and the Dead Sea basin. They are the only species in their genus. The bushy-tailed jird natural habitat includes arid, mountainous, or rocky locations. They are omnivores and can feed on both seeds, herbs, shrubs, as well as insects or mealworms. They have adapted to their environment and reduce dehydration by resting metabolic rate or spiking urine concentration....

The golden cave catfish is a type of air-breathing, cave-dwelling catfish. To date, they are only known to live within the Dragon’s Breath Cave or Aigamas Cave in Namibia, as part of a limited ecosystem. Their ability to take oxygen directly from the air allows them to survive within the cave despite the oxygen deficiency within it. Moreover, due to their surfacing, they tend to remain within the subterranean water level....

The Greater Kudu is one of the corkscrew horned antelopes found chiefly in eastern and South Africa. The Greater Kudu and Lesser Kudu are two species divided into three subspecies based on horn length, color, and stripes. They have large, broad ears with white hair and commonly have two and a half twists on their incredible horns. At two years of age, the first spiral rotation completes, and the whole two and a half twists are completed by the age of six....

Are you fascinated by eagles? Then here we have lots of fun facts about the greater spotted eagle. The greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga) is one of the largest raptors belonging to the Accipitridae family. They have two kinds of habitats, their breeding grounds and their wintering grounds. During migration, these birds can cover 93.2 mi per (150 km). The population of this bird is threatened and the trend dictates that it is still decreasing....

The laughing owl was once found only in its native place, New Zealand. The bird was listed as Threatened in the year 1880 as they were getting rarer, but in 1914, the laughing owl species became fully Extinct.There have been many unconfirmed reports of laughing owls being spotted ever since. A writer, Brian Parkinson, reported in the 1940s about the laughing owl in his book as an unidentified bird that was seen flying....

Naked mole rats are a cold blooded species (rodents) that are commonly found in the tropical grasslands of East African countries such as Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. They, along with the Damaraland mole rats are rodent species that are referred to as eusocial mammals and as of now, no other eusocial mammals have been identified by humankind.They are burrowing rodents and spend most of their lives underground in colonies where they huddle together....

Otters (genus Lutra) hail from the subfamily of Lutrinae and are carnivorous mammals. There are around 13 extant species, out of which some of them are aquatic, semiaquatic, and marine, and their diet mainly consists of fish and invertebrates. Otters have bodies that are long and slim, and have short limbs. Their fur helps to keep them warm even in extremely low polar temperatures.They have feet that are powerful and webbed which enables them to swim, and they also have the ability to hold their breath underwater....

The pale chanting goshawk might sound like the name of an elegant bird, but beware! It is the name of a dangerous hawk species that flies in the skies of South Africa. They can be seen in almost any season, but you can spot pairs of these big-bill birds on trees during mating season. These pairs then have two to three eggs per mating season in the south, after which the parents will be seen collectively raising their much paler kids....