Ireland-to-Spain ferry adds whale-watching
Special round-trip packages offer a 3-day roundtrip with expert guides to point out the marine mammals
Animals
Short winter nap for Helsinki's bears
It's been a short winter for Helsinki Zoo's bears, who have woken several times during the winter and are now up for the season
Antarctic cruise finds new penguin colony
A research team working with Viking's expeditions, finds a new colony of penguins off an Antarctic island
Knoxville is calling your dog
The Tennessee city is out to make an impression on the legions who like to bring their pets along on vacation
Dutch anglers fighting with seals
Seals and anglers are competing for fish dinners and it may be survival of the fishest
Monsters of the Abyss invade Vancouver
A new exhibit at Vancouver's Aquarium focuses on largely-unknown and quite fearsome sea predators
Colors of the Wild, Jacksonville
Kai Rambow shares the incredible colors and artistic impressions of the Jacksonville Zoo's Chinese lantern festival
Birds at the Liffey
In Dublin, a crowd of gulls gather for a banquet provided by a man with a bag of bread
Unwelcome Visitors, Etosha, Namibia
A photo essay about the goings-on around an Etosha waterhole from ProfessorAbe
Rare gorilla baby for London's Zoo
A new member joins an endangered subspecies at the London Zoo, but visitors will have to wait a while
Amsterdam wants to bell the cats
In animal-friendly Amsterdam, a controversy over cats and birds
Rare turtles turn up in Netherlands
Unusual circumstances led to landings in Dutch waters
Another Swiss cowbell story
Urban residents in rural areas once again stir up farmers over demands to silence traditional cowbells
TSA posts a sniffer-dog calendar
An unlikely calendar may prove a hit with both air travelers and dog lovers
Penguin Encounter at Wichita’s Sedgwick County Zoo
Marilyn and a friend enjoy a zoo experience with new feathered friends