This is the moment a couple, who thought they heard a moth, find a boa constrictor wrapped around their bedroom window blinds. The couple got a fright when they found the snake in their house in the municipality of Vilhena, in the northern Brazilian state of Rondonia, on 28th October.…
This is the moment a female sloth carries its newborn cub on its back after giving birth in a public square. Residents of the city of Teofilo Otoni, in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, were surprised to see the sloth giving birth on the morning of 28th October.…
A man whose engagement was broken off by his fiancee decided to go ahead with the big day anyway and marry himself. Diogo Rabelo got married to himself at a plush resort in the coastal municipality of Itacare, in the north-eastern Brazilian state of Bahia, on 17th October. Videos of…
A young Salvadoran mother who was jailed for aggravated homicide after giving birth to a stillborn baby that prosecutors said was an abortion has been freed after six years behind bars. The 29-year-old woman's original sentence was 30 years. El Salvador has some of the world's least progressive reproductive rights.…
A cute newborn kitten found trapped in the undercarriage of a lorry was taken to a wild animal rehabilitation centre after being mistakenly identified as an ocelot. Although not regarded as at risk, ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) populations, particularly in Mexico, have been decimated in recent years, although they are still…
