The Mount Lyell shrew is as mysterious as it is adorable. And now, there are photos of this elusive tiny mammal—none existed before.

A pile of poop belonging to a Eurasian river otter is actually very exciting because of where researchers found it. Learn more here.

Graham “Dingo” Dinkelman, the Steve Irwin of South Africa, has died. Read about his life, death, and legacy here.

A hoary bat named Hoary Potter has won this year’s Bat Beauty Contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management. Learn more here.

Using trail cams, researchers set out to catalog what lives in the Xuan Lien Nature Reserve, and they found some of Vietnam’s rarest animals.

Two young deer went for a delightful field frolic in front of a trail camera in Maine. It looks like they’re having so much fun.

A male African lion had a wire snare around its neck, and wildlife officials leapt into action to help the lion. Here’s what happened.

A small-ish dark-colored mammal with a tiny bear face and a bushy tail walked up to some backpackers in Montana. It’s a really rare animal.

The cutest little critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat crossed paths with a trail cam in Queensland, Australia. See it here.

A man spotted and filmed a rare wild cat in Vermont. Watch the elusive animal walk along the side of the road here.