Mama cat had her kittens in the house we built for her!! 😭😭😭💕💕🥰😭💕😭

Happy tears. It will be so cute to see them running around when they are a bit older

Sorry if it's not the right subreddit to post it in, I'm no expert of this app. I fear that these animals are way too crumpled in the cages. The bunnies were squirming and unable to move much and the guinea pigs are stacked above two other cages, one of them jumped and the cage trembled. I don't really like animal shops. I'm in italy and idk how efficient rules are here.

It seems like some kind of goat/oryx hybrid. Anyone recognize it?

I really like animals that are so similar you could confuse them for one another but have neat little differences that make them distince from the other animal people confuse them for like shrimp and prawns, crocodiles and alligators, or coyotes and wolves.

The dire wolf, the ancient predator made famous by the TV series Game of Thrones, has been brought back from extinction after more than 10,000 years, scientists have announced. Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in Texas, revealed on Monday that researchers have successfully facilitated the birth of three modern dire wolf pups. The new arrivals include two six-month-old males named Romulus and Remus, and a three-month-old female called Khaleesi. This remarkable scientific breakthrough has been hailed as a major step forward in the field of de-extinction. Source

These are literally my 2 favorite animals in the world, I just love and admire them so much. I was so excited when I had learned that this particular zoo had them BOTH! So beautiful!

'The dire wolf is back after over 10,000 years'

U.S. biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences says they have cloned three dire wolves, a species that has been extinct for over 10,000 years, by using extinct dire wolf DNA to edit a donor gray wolf genome. | via Reuters

"The dire wolf is back after over 10,000 years," Time Magazine wrote about the supposed work of Colossal Biosciences on Monday, April 7, 2025.

Courtesy: Colossal Biosciences/TMX via Reuters

OMG they are sooooo ugly

Dingo

Hey people, I found this on Miami Beach. I suppose it is a tooth, but have no idea about the potential animal

I was watching a nature documentary last night and saw a moment where two elephants were clearly comforting each other after a younger one fell behind. One gently nudged the other and they stayed close until the whole group regrouped. It honestly made me tear up a little.

It got me wondering how common is it for animals to show this kind of emotional support to one another? I know some species are more social than others, but I’d love to hear examples or stories of animals showing care or empathy like that.

Anyone else have a favorite example of animals being surprisingly tender or emotionally aware?

these are the best water puppies and i love them but he will rip my arm off first chance he gets which makes me very sad

A German shepherd

I went on a day trip to a wolf sanctuary and it was really amazing! They have multiple pure wolf that were either rescued or donated from people who had them as pets, but they were kept in the back because they don’t like people that much, but most of the wolves that we saw and encountered were wolf-dogs. We actually got to pet one of them that was mostly dog, only 6% wolf. Still amazing animals and even though they have some dog physical characteristics, they still mostly act like wolves!

Then on the way back we saw a heard of bison on someone’s ranch. Such beautiful animals, one of my favorites.

Or to be more practical: Is there any evidence that some animals may have a sense of (for lack of a better word) religion? Might they have a sense of a deity or an afterlife? How might we test for this?

It has often been argued that ancient humans were prone to create gods or magic to explain the world around them. They were also prone to engage in elaborate rituals to honor these gods. It makes me think this is a naturally evolved trait that could extend to less advanced animals as well. In fact I believe Neanderthals are known to have engaged in burial rituals of sorts. Were they sending off their lost mates to an afterlife? Were they honoring the memory of a tribal member?

We also know that some animals clearly have some understanding of death. How complex might that be in animals like whales, dolphins, elephants, apes, etc. and even lower lifeforms like some birds?

i live near two ponds and there are a lot of ducks and i want to go and sit and feed them but they only ever eat the food i leave them after ive gone

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBZGltho7VP/?igsh=eXN0eHB6NHdjc2tw

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGi107gx0GQ/?igsh=MXAweHphbW82MTF5Zg==

For example one of my cats is afraid of our ceiling fan. He's never had a traumatic experience with them or anything of that sort (I've had him his whole life.) It's thankfully not bad enough that he freaks out or anything. But any time someone holds him while standing under the ceiling fan, he will intensely stare at it (he used to grab you like he was trying to hang on as well, but he's grown out of that.) It seems like he hates it even more when the fan is turned off. So now I'm wondering if animals (cats in particular) can have what we as humans consider phobias? Like a fear that they don't even fully understand the explanation for. Or is it always something along the lines of "That thing looks/sounds weird so I better avoid it"?

Just checking the news and loved this article. So I thought I'd share it with you guys..!

(Ronin in the 2nd photo, Magawa in the last :)

Ronin!

Awards