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.

There’s a new ocelot in southern Arizona, and trail cameras captured video of the rare and elusive wildcat this summer.

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.

Three divers exploring a shipwreck came across a rare creature, a pink handfish. These endangered fish have “hands” and mohawks.

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.