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Two Asian elephant friends at the Oregon Zoo were hanging out just as a rainbow formed while they were splashing their trunks.

The San Antonio Zoo shared a heartwarming video of a talented tuba player performing for their hippos.

A couple watched as a raccoon walked around their backyard pool in Toronto, Canada -- then decided it wanted to cool off.

TORONTO - Even woodland creatures like to take a dip in the pool. A couple watched as a raccoon walked around their backyard pool in Toronto, Canada -- then decided it wanted to cool off. James Novak laughed as he recorded video of the animal dipping its

A couple in Toronto, Canada, captured the moment a raccoon decided to cool off in their pool on Thursday, July 23. Catherine Creager and James Novak spotted this water-loving raccoon in their backyard pool in Toronto on July 23. Novak, who is heard record

The San Antonio Zoo shared a video of a talented musician performing for some of the zoo's residents on July 23. Timothy the hippo and his grandmother Uma can be seen in video shared by the zoo swimming to a tuba accompaniment of "The Jolly Farmer

Thousands of starfish have been spotted along beaches in South Carolina in late June, local reports said. This video, shared by Myrtle Beach resident Lindsay Hickman, shows the starfish going in and out with the tide in Garden City on Tuesday, June 30. Be

Six wild boarlets born in a Donegal animal sanctuary are believed to be the first of the species born in Ireland in around 800 years. The boars were born April 23 at the Wild Ireland sanctuary on the Inishowen Peninsula, owned by Killian McLaughlin, a for

Six wild boarlets born in a Donegal animal sanctuary are believed to be the first of the species born in Ireland in around 800 years.

Police officers in Donegal, Ireland, came to the rescue of a hedgehog that found itself stuck in a takeaway cup on Friday, May 15. Garda Sochna Donegal, the local police force in the northwestern county, shared this footage of Sergeant Galvin and Garda Mc

A newborn moose was filmed experiencing its first moments in the world in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 18. Chris Koonce shared this footage of the the moment a moose gave birth to a calf, which he said was filmed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska

Penguins wander empty art museum on a special field trip from the Kansas City Zoo.

Some penguins from the Kansas City Zoo took a once in a lifetime trip to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

'More and more native animals are killed by cats'