Sharon Parry

5 days ago | a-z-animals.com | Sharon Parry

Humans have been fascinated by ravens ever since they started following our wagons and hunting parties centuries ago. These intelligent and resourceful creatures soon worked out that humans could provide them with a plentiful supply of food. In this extraordinary video clip, some ravens are displaying behavior that seems a little bizarre—even for them. A couple of ravens are interacting in an odd way, possibly because they are dealing with deep snow.

3 weeks ago | a-z-animals.com | Sharon Parry

Itching your eye is not exactly easy when you only have four hard hooves. But as this adorable clip from the San Diego Zoo shows us, that is not a problem when you are a little okapi. All you need to do is extend your incredibly long tongue, and the job’s done. The same is true if you need to give your bottom a quick clean. Surely long okapi tongues are used for more than eye scratching and bottom licking, though, right? Read on to find out their wider purpose.

3 weeks ago | a-z-animals.com | Sharon Parry

Can you imagine how cool it would be to see out of your forehead? That is what the incredible barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) can do. Moreover, a transparent head is not the only impressive adaptation that this fish has to help it thrive in our oceans. As this video by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shows, these unique creatures would not look out of place in outer space. Here we will examine exactly why they have evolved with a transparent face and head.

1 month ago | a-z-animals.com | Sharon Parry

It’s time to dust off your resume because your ideal job has finally been created! In this adorable Instagram post by panda__reels__, you can see people cuddling pandas, rocking them like newborn babies. But this isn’t artificial intelligence, this is a real job — panda cuddler — carried out by real people who are paid real money to do it. In short, it’s a dream job only a select few will ever experience. Here we will research what must be one of the best career choices on the planet.

1 month ago | a-z-animals.com | Sharon Parry

According to the latest statistics from the American Veterinary Medical Association, there are 59.8 million dog-owning households in the U.S.A. That’s a whopping 45.5 percent of all American households. The figures are also impressive for cats. Overall, 32.1 percent of American households own a cat, which adds up to 42.2 million homes. Yet, a lot of what we think we know about dogs and cats is hearsay, myth, or old wives’ tales. We want to address this by injecting some science into the situation.