A baby orphaned elephant got a spa day. Watch caretakers coat the baby’s skin with coconut oil and then cover her in dirt—and learn why.

Watch footage of hundreds of baby hammerhead sharks swimming together off the coast of Australia. The more you look, the more you see.

Cross river gorillas are extremely rare, with only about 300 of them left in the wild. Check out this exciting new trail-cam footage.

A coffee farmer didn’t realize he was filming an extremely rare animal, the Amazon weasel, for the first time ever. Watch the footage here.

When an extremely rare whale washed ashore in New Zealand, the scientific community became very excited. Here’s what it is.

Have you ever seen a sea turtle dance? A rare Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle showed off its unique dance moves. Here’s why.

A trapper wrestles a 17-foot Burmese python in Florida, offering some “tips and tricks” for tangling with a snake this large.

Two adorable amur tiger cubs born at the Minnesota Zoo is good news for a species that is dwindling in the wild.

A Hawaiian monk seal pup was born on Mokulua Nui to a monk seal that was also born there. This is great news for the endangered species.

Good news from the IUCN: The Iberian lynx is no longer an endangered species, thanks to years of conservation efforts.