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Two zoos in the US and UK have welcomed their very own ‘Paddington Bear’ as part of a special breeding program to help save the rare Andean species from extinction. The Chester Zoo in England released a new video of a ten-year-old Andean bear named Oberon that arrived as a ‘perfect match’ for the zoo’s The post Zoos Welcome ‘Paddington Bears’ for Breeding Programs to Help Save Species From Extinction appeared first on Good News Network.

Even arachnophobes may have to tip their hat to this beast, who seems to bend all the rules of his race by sporting electric blue hair gel. The story of its discovery is a fascinating one, but the exercise of plumbing the depths of a Thailand mangrove forest wasn’t merely scientific in nature, but humanitarian The post Discovery of Electric Blue Tarantula Stuns Scientists Who Auction Naming Rights for Charity appeared first on Good News Network.

While Australia’s saltwater crocodiles are famous for sporting an evolutionary design that hasn’t changed in tens of millions of years, a newly discovered species of extinct crocodilian is teaching scientists Down Under just how ferocious they once were. Baru iylwenpeny is a newly discovered species of “cleaver-headed” crocodile from Australia’s Northern Territory that roamed the now-arid The post Exquisite New Fossil Shows Scientists How Much More Ferocious Australia’s Crocs Once Were appeared first on Good News Network.

In early September, a video surfaced at Monterey Bay Whale Watch’s Evan Brodsky’s Instagram of a dolphin “mega pod”—where thousands of these marine mammals school together in one massive pod that stretches from one end of Brodsky’s video camera lens to the other. Dolphin pod size varies wildly between place and individual species, but in The post Thousands of Dolphins Form ‘Mega Pod’ in California’s Monterey Bay – WATCH appeared first on Good News Network.

Animal lover Dave Brooker goes everywhere with his beloved pet turkey that has followed him everywhere from the pub to the dentist since she was born two years ago on his farm in England. He named the chick Trouble Version Two—or, T2 for short. The unlikely duo’s story began when the turkey’s mother was sitting The post Man Takes His Turkey Everywhere: Inseparable Companions Even In the Pub and Sleeping at Home (Watch) appeared first on Good News Network.