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Wonky donkey gets pink casts

A donkey foal born prematurely has pink casts put on her front legs to support them until they strengthen.

Rare sand kittens born in Israel

Four sand kittens, considered extinct in Israel, delight the crowds at Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv.

World’s first rhino orphanage opens its doors

Africa’s first specialist, non commercial centre to care for baby rhinos, has officially opened at the Entabeni Game Reserve in Limpopo, South Africa.

Dalmatian adopts spotted lamb

A Dalmatian dog has adopted an orphaned spotted lamb on a farm in Australia’s Barossa Valley.

GALLERY: The Australian Outback

Take a look through some wonderful images of the stark Australian outback in our travel gallery.

Tiger cubs entertain zoo visitors

Four tiger cubs delight visitors as a Japanese park prepares for a baby feline boom. If your pets chew your furniture … then count your lucky stars you don’t have one of these furry felines.

Rare white lion cubs surprise Mexico zoo

A zoo in Puebla, Mexico, has welcomed two rare white lion cubs, though their chances of survival in the wild are slim. MiNDFOOD Reports.

Unlikely Couple:The Moose and the Zookeeper

An unlikely couple, a Norwegian zookeeper and a wild moose form a lifelong family bond.

Puffing primate has to quit

An orangutan in Indonesia’s zoo is to be relocated in an attempt to end her smoking addiction.

Lolong is world’s largest croc

A saltwater crocodile weighing more than one ton is declared the world’s largest by Guinness.

Panda Awareness Week: It’s Panda-monium!

To mark the start of Panda Awareness Week, 108 performers dressed as giant pandas do tai chi in Trafalgar Square in London. MiNDFOOD Reports.

Last Pinta giant tortoise dies

Lonesome George, the last-of-his-kind giant tortoise and a symbol of the Galapagos Islands, dies at about 100 years of age.

The Great Waddle

A 70-year old Chinese farmer takes 5,000 of his ducks for a trip through the streets of Taizhou in eastern China, several times a year.

White rhino born in Israel zoo

A rare white rhinoceros is born in a zoo in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv after a long 18-month wait. Over 400 of the endangered species were slaughtered by poachers in South Africa last year.

Dog is proud tiger mom

A dog in an eastern China zoo is raising a litter of four Siberian tiger cubs after their mother rejected them at birth.

Baby Puma Missoula is no basket case

The first puma cub born at Berlin’s Tierpark in 22 years is presented to the public for the first time.

Endangered penguins settle in new home

Four Magellanic penguins that were stranded on Brazil’s coast last year and airlifted to the United States, make their home in a new exhibit in Long Beach, California.

Denver Zoo embraces dung power for ‘world’s greenest zoo’ status

The Denver Zoo is vying to become the greenest zoo in the world with the installation of a new energy system run entirely on waste.

Orangutans go ape over iPads

Orangutans at the Jungle Island Zoo in Florida are learning to use iPads to identify object like body parts and food.

World’s rarest gorilla makes camera-trap debut

Video images of the world’s rarest and most endangered gorilla species, the Cross River gorilla, have been captured by a forest camera-trap for the first time. MiNDFOOD reports.

Bright baboons show linguistic learning skills

French researchers have trained Guinea baboons to distinguish four-letter English words from non-words. The scientists say their linguistic experiments demonstrate that the animals possess a key component of literacy.

Raw Wildlife Encounters

Eco-tourism in Sumatra, Indonesia, is helping to keep orangutans safe and happy. These kind, gentle tree-dwellers share many similarities with humans, including being fiercely protective of their babies. Ian Singleton, director of conservation at Pan-Eco housing, has been working to build a new nursery to look after orangutan orphans in North Sumatra. Visit the babies with tour company Raw Wildlife Encounters. MiNDFOOD reports.

Paradise Found

A new exhibition reveals the beauty, seduction methods and cultural significance of the bird of paradise.

On Safari with John Rendall

John Rendall leads a 10-day safari to Kenya in honour of Christian the Lion, on MiNDFOOD.

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