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Crimea

Unconventional family: cat raises baby squirrels alongside new kittens

In Crimea, a cat named Pusha has "adopted" four orphaned baby squirrels and is raising them as her own alongside her new kittens.

27/04/2019

Japan

Watch: Teacup pigs take centre stage at Tokyo café

There are 1,000 pet cafés in Japan. Visitors say the animals help relieve stress, and the cafés have become a €12 billion industry.

26/04/2019

USA

Watch: The eagle chicks with one mum and two dads

A modern family of two male and one female bald eagles are co-parenting their chicks. The males stayed together and courted a new female after their first mate died.

16/04/2019

Thailand

Watch: Water fight with colourful elephants marks Thai New Year

The Songkran festival sees elephants and humans splashing and spraying each other with water.

11/04/2019

Spain

Watch: Abused chimps allowed to retire in peace at Catalonia sanctua

Many were mistreated in their earlier lives as circus performers, television actors and domestic pets.

09/04/2019

Germany

Watch: Hertha football club's new four-legged signing makes zoo debut

Hertha seemed happy with the choice, enthusiastically chasing her own personalised football.

04/04/2019

Australia

Watch: Rare Sumatran tiger cubs make debut at Sydney zoo

The cubs are named Mawar, Tengah Malam and Pemanah – Rose, Midnight and Archer in Indonesian.

29/03/2019

Belgium

Watch: Asian elephant gives birth at Belgian zoo

There are only 38,000 Asian Elephants left in the world, so the birth of a female calf at a Belgian zoo is an important event for the conservation of the species.

01/03/2019

Russia

Watch: Polar bear in Russian archipelago peeks inside a house

A Russian Arctic archipelago has been on high alert since Saturday over an "invasion" of polar bears in the main settlement.

12/02/2019

Australia

Watch: Python with over 500 ticks found in Australian swimming pool

A snake covered with hundreds of ticks was saved by snake catchers in Australia

11/01/2019

Austria

Watch: Austrian train workers rescue chamois buried in snow

The two men leapt off the train and carefully shovelled snow from around the chamois until it could pull itself out and make its way to a forest.

09/01/2019

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Dog rescued from frozen lake in Hungary

The dog, named Marci, ventured onto the frozen lake but became trapped on a patch of very thin ice.

03/01/2019

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Watch : Rare 'Dumbo' octopus seen in California deep-sea dive

A rare 'Dumbo' octopus was spotted by scientists during a deep-sea research dive done by their unmanned robotic submersible off the coast of California.

01/11/2018