Miss Ellie The World's Ugliest Dog Died at 17!!!

Miss Ellie, the World's Ugliest Dog, has died at the grand old age of 17. She passed away on Tuesday in her Tennessee home in Colorado.

The world's ugliest pedigree dog was a bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog with pimples and lolling tongue. She won Animal Planet's 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest in 2009. R.I.P. Miss Ellie

Meet Sara The Saxophone Playing Walrus [Video]

Meet Sara the saxophone playing walrus from the newly-opened Istanbul Dolphinarium in Turkey. Check out this hilarious clip of Sara in action. Enjoy...

Pygmy Tarsier Found on Mt. Rore Katimbo, Indonesia!!!

This picture shows an unusual primate called a pygmy tarsier (weighing about 50 grammes), which some scientists believed to have become extinct more than eight decades ago. Pygmy tarsier, one of the world's smallest and rarest primates, was rediscovered on Mt. Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park in central Sulawesi, Indonesia by Texas A and M University professor Sharon Gursky-Doyen in August.

Strange Crawling Fish Discovered off Ambon Island, Indonesia!!!

The fist-sized fish, which crawls instead of swims, that has flat face and forward-looking eyes like human was spotted off Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, by Indonesian divers. It uses its leg-like pectoral fins to burrow into crevices.

According to University of Washington expert Ted Pietsch, the strange creature could represent a new family of fishes.

Giant marine life found in New Zealand's Antarctic waters

Picture shown the giant starfish found in the Ross Sea. Fisheries scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles, 2-foot-wide starfish, large sea spiders and huge sea snails.

The survey was part of the International Polar Year program involving 23 countries in 11 voyages to survey marinelife and habitats around Antarctica. The program hopes to set benchmarks for determining the effects of global warming on Antarctica, researchers said.

Cooked dog paws!!!

This picture shown a cooked dog pawsat a Chinese restaurant. A French association of animal lovers on Monday launched a petition aimed at encouraging China to ban, by the Summer Olympics, the killing of dogs for food.

Meet Frankie the world's only blue-eyed koala!!!

This is Frankie. He is the world's only blue-eyed koala. Staff at his Dreamworld home on the Gold Coast found that apart from some reduced pigmentation, Frankie, now nine months old, named after Frank Sinatra, has perfect vision. It will be a couple of months before he faces the public.

New species of salamander found in Costa Rica

This is probably one of the three new species of salamanderthat found in the pristine La Amistad National Park in Costa Rica. The colourful amphibians, cousins of the humble newt, were found during an expedition led by Dr Alex Monro, of the Natural History Museum, to the remote forest.

The golf ball python!!!

OMG!!! That must be one hungry python. It has been saved by surgery after mistaking four golf balls for a meal of chicken eggs.

Meet Indohyus the ancestor of all whales!!!

Meet Indohyus, the prehistoric amphibious mammal that turned into a whale!!!

Scientists claim the deer- like aquatic mammal, which lived 48million years ago, moved into the sea to escape danger or to find food, and evolved into the giant sea mammal. Its legs changed into flippers and its fur became smooth skin.

The findings follow the discovery of remains of a racoon-sized creature called an Indohyus, in the Kashmir region of India. It forms the missing piece in the jigsaw linking whales to their land-living ancestors, according to scientists at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in the US.

The jaw and teeth structure of the Indohyus is said to be similar to that of a whale. Study of the fossil has also shown it spent a lot of time in the water when it had feet.

Giant rat found in a "Lost World" at Indonesia!!!

A giant rat which is five times the size of a normal rodent has been discovered by scientists. The cat-sized rats were found in the Foja mountains rainforest in eastern Papuaprovince in a June expedition, said U.S.-based Conservation International, which organized the trip along with the Indonesian Institute of Science.

"The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. "With no fear of humans, it apparently came into the camp several times during the trip."

Asiatic salamanders found in Dongguan, China!!!

Asiatic salamanders, one of the most primitive salamander species, were found alive in a forest park in Dongguan, Guangdong Province on December 9, 2007. The salamanders were about 13 cm in length.

Fossils of tank-like mammal, Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis, found in the Andes mountains

This artist's rendering shows Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis, a newly discovered extinct armadillo relative that lived about 18 million years ago in South America.

Scientists searching for fossils high in the Andes mountains in Chile unearthed the remains of this tank-like mammalthat grazed on grasses 18 million years ago in South America. It was about 200 pounds (90 kg) and 2-1/2 feet long (76 cm).

It was a primitive member of a line of heavily armored mammals that culminated in the massive, impregnable Gyptodon, a two-tonne, 10-foot (3 meters) long beast covered in armored plates and a spiky tail that lived until 10,000 years ago.

World's largest spitting cobra found in Kenya!!!

A new giant species of spitting cobra- about nine feet (2.6 metres) long and with enough venom to kill up to 20 people in one bite - has been discovered in Kenya, a study said Friday. WildlifeDirect said the cobras were the world's largest and had been identified as unique. The species has been named Naja Ashei after James Ashe, who founded Bio-Ken snake farm on Kenya's tropical coast where the gigantic serpents are found.

The happy face spider, Theridion grallator

So so...... Cute!!! Found only on the islands of Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii, the happy face spider, such as this one guarding its eggs on a leaf in Maui, is known for the unique patterns that decorate its pale abdomen. Scientists believe Theridion grallatormay have developed its distinctive markings to discourage birds from eating it. via

Cambodian boy keeps 20-foot python as pet [video]

One young boy from Kandal Provice, Cambodia's perfect pet would probably regard most of the others as lunchtime snacks. His python is nearly 20 feet long. The little boy says he love it "like a sister."

£500,000 diamond-studded collar!!!

Richie the bulldog models a £500,000 diamond-studded collar, complete with 18-carat gold bone, for Harrods. The extravagant Christmas giftwas launched at the swanky West London department on Thursday.

Stewart Parker the alligator man !!!

This is Stewart Parker, an Australian reptile handler at Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria. Parker has apparently built a loving bond with his pet - Nelson, a three-metre long, 19-year old alligator. The pair grew up together on the Wildlife park - which is owned by Parker's father - and have been best friends since childhood.