Strange Animal and Nature Sightings

The Rare Gingko-Toothed Beaked Whales Sighting: A team of scientists in Mexico recently sighted two live gingko-toothed beaked whales. This is considered extremely rare because there are 24 known species of beaked whales, but most are notoriously shy, deep-diving, and only known from animals that have washed up dead on shore. Sighting this species alive for the first time was a major surprise.

New Jaguar in Arizona: A remote camera in southern Arizona, near the U.S.-Mexico border, captured images of a new jaguar visiting a watering hole. This is only the fifth endangered cat to be spotted in the area over the last 15 years, confirming the persistent, rare movement of these big cats into their historic northern range.

Flamingos Turn a Lake Pink in India: A large flock of flamingos recently painted the Sambhar Salt Lake in Rajasthan, India, bright pink. This magnificent sight is curious because the lake is a temporary phenomenon, and the color is caused by the presence of a type of salt-tolerant algae or bacteria that thrive in the super-saline environment, but the scale of the pink coloring made global news.