Look! We’re on top of a whale!
IT may sound like a whale of a tale, but a pair of kayakers had an extremely close encounter with a southern right whale when it lifted their boat — twice.
Animals
World’s saddest polar bear to stay put
ARTURO the ‘depressed’ polar bear will not be moved out of sweltering heat in an Argentinian zoo, despite a petition gathering half a million signatures.
Who wouldn’t love these cuddly bubs?
INCREDIBLY cute images of baby animals with their parents will warm your heart this winter, proving that a mother’s love really is unconditional.
Chimps go ape over new Planet movie
HUMANS are not the only ones loving Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — it’s also a hit with two chimpanzees who munched on popcorn when they saw it at IMAX.
How not to kill a spider
MANY of us are scared of spiders but most have not tried to kill one like this man did. He set his house on fire in the process, causing $60,000 damage.
Robot mule joins the US Marines
IT’S no Simpson’s Donkey, but an electronic mule has been tested by the United States military under battle conditions in Hawaii.
Why this photo should make you cringe
HE HAS spent his entire life in chains, works seven days a week and is not allowed to form a bond with another living being. Find it a little uncomfortable? So does he.
Is ‘lonely’ polar bear going crazy?
CAMPAIGNERS are concerned for the mental state of a polar bear in an Argentine zoo, saying he is depressed and showing signs of insanity.
Elephants ‘turned into zombies’
IT WAS the photo that brought the world to tears. But the rescue of this crying elephant was just the tip of the iceberg in a cruel slave trade.
Crying Raju meets his elephant family
RAJU the elephant, who cried when shown freedom after 50 years of slavery, has been introduced to his new family.
Mystery croc turns up in Greek lake
FORGET Nessie, Greek farmers have their own mystery lake creature – a two-metre-long crocodile clearly far from home. But how did it get there?
Why is this elephant crying?
PICTURES of an Indian elephant named Raju shedding tears have broken hearts around the world. But there’s a happy ending to the story.
Paddleboarder glides over shark
IT was a close call — almost too close. A drone has filmed the incredible moment a paddleboarder glided over a great white without even realising.
EXCLUSIVE PICS: Frantic whale rescue
EXCLUSIVE PICS: Check out Australia’s second frantic whale rescue which is under way tonight – this time on a Gold Coast beach. .
‘Oh my god, I’m going to die’
A VICTIM of a shark attack in the US has told of how he grabbed the nose of the great white as it “lunged” and “locked” into his chest.
This guy wants to do weird things with chickens
IT’S one of the last things you would expect to do with a chicken, but one university professor wants to do it.
This is bad news for vegetarians
VEGETARIANS, you probably don’t want to read this. There is new research that might just turn you off eating your greens. For good.
Tiger shark’s epic 4000km journey
A TIGER shark has been tracked on an epic journey proving West Australians aren’t the only ones opting for a getaway to Indonesia.
Check out this superhero mouse!
A MOUSE who climbs walls like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible becomes an unlikely internet sensation.
Killer army defeating Boko Haram
TERROR group Boko Haram is being flushed out of its hideouts in Nigerian forests by mystical bees and deadly snakes.
Xin Xin the panda dies in Macau
THE female half of a giant panda couple that Macau received as a gift from Beijing has died from kidney failure.
Nightmares are made of this
YOU won’t be sleeping tonight. What’s worse than your average spider? Well, ones that are capable of eating things five times their size are taking over the world.
Great white shark numbers ‘surging’
JUST when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, a new study of great white sharks shows the fearsome fish’s numbers are growing.
Cheetah cub, puppy become BFFs
IT DOESN’T get much cuter that this. Watch Ruuxa the baby cheetah befriend Raina the Rhodesian ridgeback in this heartwarming new video.
Fish feel pain, have good memories
FISH can feel pain, have excellent memories and deserve to be treated better, a biologist says.
Why we fear snakes, spiders and … moths?
WHY do certain bugs freak us out? Because we’ve been bred to fear snakes and we have an irrational aversion to spiders but we can also blame our parents.
Monkeying around gave us herpes
WHERE did the sexually transmitted disease herpes originate? A newly published study finds it was not from sleeping with other people.
Giant creature ‘back from the dead’
IT’S our underground Tassie Tiger. A giant animal thought to have died out thousands of years ago may still be digging away in a remote part of Australia.
Pig leaps off truck to save bacon
THIS pig was on the way to a slaughterhouse, before he made a death-defying jump from a moving truck to save his own bacon.
Pig leaps off truck to save bacon
THIS pig was on the way to a slaughterhouse, before he made a death-defying jump from a moving truck to save his own bacon.
GoPro shark YouTube video a fake
A YOUTUBE video of a white shark at Manly which has had more than 2m hits in 48 hours is a fake.
Runaway roo had everyone on the hop
DID you hear the one about the kangaroo that made headlines because she escaped from a farm in Canada? Hang on, Canada?
The mystery of ‘sharkzilla’
SCIENTISTS believe a huge 2.7-metre-long great white shark was eaten by an even bigger sea monster. And it happened right here in Australia …
The mystery of ‘sharkzilla’
SCIENTISTS believe a huge 2.7-metre-long great white shark was eaten by an even bigger sea monster. And it happened right here in Australia …
Seal mauls elderly walker in NZ
AN ELDERLY man has been seriously hurt after he was attacked by a seal while out walking in New Zealand.
Aaaaaaaaaaaargh! Mosquitonado!
YOU’VE seen tornadoes, sharknados and firenados. Now we bring you the scariest ’nado of them all. This thing is ridiculously horrible and nasty. It is also real.
Farmers’ beef with Michelle Bridges
CELEBRITY fitness trainer Michelle Bridges has been given a tongue-in-cheek challenge by farming bodies: let’s film you all day and see how you like it.
Aussie emus dying in India
UNWANTED, unemployed, running amok … then ending up as roadkill. Aussie expats are in trouble overseas — and they can’t fly home.
New tech could stop shark attacks
A NEW hi-tech buoy is able to detect sharks and warn swimmers before it gets near a beach.
Croc found eating fisherman
COAST guards were given a fright when they found a fisherman locked in the jaws of a four-metre croc in the Philippines.
Flies smarter than you think
EVEN flies need a moment to reflect. Researchers have found that the insects gather information like humans to make rational decisions.
Pet lion cub ‘runs wild’ on train
A WOMAN who smuggled a 50-kilogram lion cub onto a sleeper train claiming it was a domestic cat is being questioned by police.
Ten of the world’s new creatures
A TINKERBELL Fairyfly, an Olinguito, a Skeleton Shrimp – these are just three of this year’s newly discovered species.
Bulls rampant in historic victory
THE bulls fought back — seriously. They skewered all the matadors and forced the cancellation of Spain’s famous event. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES.
Can your dog understand you?
WHEN you come home from a long day at work and confide all your worries in your pooch, he or she looks back with such understanding eyes. But do they actually understand you?
Woman jogger attacked by bear
A WOMAN who was attacked by a brown bear while out jogging in Alaska managed to stagger, bleeding, for 3km to find help.
Scientists track great white shark
SCIENTISTS and the public are eagerly following a great white shark named “Katharine” as she swims up the US coastline.
This guy wants to do weird things with chickens
IT’S one of the last things you would expect to do with a chicken, but one university professor wants to do it.
Lab pups take first walk in sun
WATCH these beagle pups take their first steps into the outside world after spending their lives locked away for animal testing.
Fisherman hauls in monster turtle
A FISHERMAN got the shock of his life when instead of finding a catfish on the end of his line, he hauled in a prehistoric-looking alligator snapping turtle.
Pampered ‘panda’ pooches all the rage
IT’S panda-monium in pet shops in China as dogs that are primped and preened to look like the country’s unique and rare bears become all the rage.
The freaky sea life caught with goblin shark
TURNS out there was something even more freaky caught along with the now-famous goblin shark.
The animal ‘facts’ that are wrong
YOU’VE heard the one about the poisonous daddy-long-legs or how frogs give you warts but the fact is they’re all a load of nonsense. We uncover some other common animal myths.
Fisherman shocked by ‘alien’ shark
A VERY rare megamouth shark, so called because of its giant head and the enormous capacity of its mouth, has been hauled from the ocean off Japan.
Shark rips chunks out of boat
INCREDIBLE footage has emerged of a great white shark taking chunks out of a film crew’s inflatable rubber boat, leaving it to slowly sink.
Hunter kills biggest grizzly bear
AN Alaska hunter killed a grizzly bear which stood almost three metres tall, the largest ever bagged.
That’s a funny-looking shrimp
WHAT on Earth is this? A Florida shrimper got the shock of his life when this gruesome — and extremely rare — deep sea creature came up with his catch.
Stolen monkeys safely back in zoo
MONKEYS stolen from a British zoo in what police said appeared to be a “planned and pre-meditated” break-in have been found.
Beached whale gets frat graffiti tag
A DEAD Minke whale that washed ashore in New Jersey suffered some further indignity: someone tagged it with graffiti.
Beached whale gets frat graffiti tag
A DEAD Minke whale that washed ashore in New Jersey suffered some further indignity: someone tagged it with graffiti.
Lion vs warthog: what happens next?
THE first time this unsuspecting warthog walked into a lion’s den it had a lucky escape. But he foolishly walked back into the den… Check out the amazing pics.
Lion vs warthog: what happens next?
THE first time this unsuspecting warthog walked into a lion’s den it had a lucky escape. But he foolishly walked back into the den… Check out the amazing pics.
Fears whale is about to blow
DON’T stand too close. Residents fear a 60,000kg whale that washed up near the boardwalk on a small Canadian town will blow up at any moment.
World’s deadliest animals revealed
A NEW graphic reveals the world’s 15 deadliest animals. And while sharks might terrify us, the biggest killers lurk much closer to home.
Donkey’s beekeeper suit creates buzz
A BEEKEEPER says honey production has gone through the roof after he fitted out his trusted donkey with his own beekeeping suit.
China outlaws eating exotic animals
PEOPLE who eat rare wild animals like giant pandas and golden monkeys will now face jail time, under new laws in China.
Wife sues after hubby ‘killed by swan’
THE wife of a man who died after a vicious swan attack is suing his employer and the apartment complex where he looked after the birds.
Mystery creature behind bizarre ocean ‘quack’
SCIENTISTS have finally identified the source of strange “duck-like quacks” first heard in the Southern Ocean off Australia 50 years ago.
‘I’m too young to be croc bait’
A 3M CROC has lurked dangerously close to shore at a Darwin city beach – with one bloke playing chicken to keep it there until rangers arrived.
Man crowdfunds for tortoise’s penis
A PET-OWNER in England has tried crowdfunding to raise money for an operation to relieve his tortoise’s painful swollen penis.
The moth-er of all infestations
IT’S a battle for your biscuits — and your flour, pasta and breakfast cereal — and the enemy is lurking in your pantry right now.
Orang-utan relaxes during surgery
A HUGE orang-utan has undergone an operation in an Indonesian clinic to remove metal pellets — fired by a poacher — from the primate’s backside.
Prey ‘eats way out of snake’
A SNAKE has been found with a centipede’s head sticking out of its body in what seems to be a last-ditch attempt for survival by the little critter.
Killer virus goes missing from French lab
IS there a deadly virus on the loose? Over 2000 samples of SARS have mysteriously gone missing from a high-security laboratory in Paris.
Do you actually eat spiders when you sleep?
WE’VE always been told we swallow spiders while we sleep, right? But do we actually inadvertently invite those eight-legged freaks to dinner?
Swimmers beware: Great White near
MAKE no mistake, Jaws is out there. And we have a picture to prove it. Weighing a whopping 1600kg, this great white’s lurking in waters too close for comfort.
Woman attacked by five bears
A WOMAN was mauled by five black bears after she discovered them rooting through the rubbish bins in her garage.
Pet parrot foils sex attack
NOW that’s a wingman! A parrot has come to the rescue of its owner by bravely fighting off an attacker and making him take flight.
Why you can’t kill tiny Tom Cruise
STOP flapping your hands in frustration and find a better weapon — this is why you can’t swipe the insect world’s Top Gun.
Is this proof fairies are real?
HAS this man managed to capture a group of the mythical creatures with his camera or is he spinning us a tale?
Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/page/123