Mysterious ‘Bearded’ Antelope Discovered In Kenya

Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious “bearded” antelope. While one expert suggests the animal might only be suffering from hypertrichosis, a condition once known as werewolf syndrome, Torchio’s experience is the only known encounter with such an animal.Torchio has lived and worked in Kenya for the past two decades and is intimately familiar with the wildlife that occupies the 600-square-m...

Chickens — they're not just for laying eggs anymore. While the practice of keeping poultry as pets has grown in popularity over the past few years, their often inappropriate bathroom etiquette remains an issue. When you have fowl inside the house, what do you do about their foul ... poop?For some pet bird owners — including actor Ewan McGregor — it's all about the diaper.Yes, putting undergarments on a chicken is acceptable practice for those who keep the animals as household pets, and...

Most highway drivers end up with a bug or two stuck to their windshield. But one Australian man managed to get an entire koala bear wedged in the front of his car after a frightening collision west of Melbourne. The incident occurred in March (photos were just released), as the driver navigated the Princes Highway at about 50 mph. Suddenly, he spotted a koala in the road. Though he immediately hit the brake pedal, he knew he'd struck the animal. Assuming it was dead, he got out to check t...

The whooping crane — one of the world's most endangered birds and one of the first animals on the U.S. endangered list — could be back in Louisiana's wetlands as early as February under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal.The long-legged birds with the distinctive call haven't lived in the wild in Louisiana since 1950.Under the plan, young birds would be released into a pen about 125 miles west of New Orleans in Louisiana's bayou country after they are raised by people wearing shapeles...

It is not exactly blessed in the looks department.In fact some divers who came across this unusual-looking fish off the Japanese coast have now nicknamed it 'Shrek' because of its bizarre features.'Shrek' is a type of Asian sheepshead wrasse which are well-known for the odd protrusions on their head and are relatively common in the waters around Japan. But this particular specimen is so odd-looking that scuba divers who videoed him instantly christened him after the famous animated og...