Category: Animals
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		 The Cutest Photos of Shaking Puppies by Carli DavidsonWe’re excited to share with you some great news! Photographer Carli Davidson, known for her Shake series, is back, but this time she’s featuring young puppies! The Oregon-based photographer is a pro at capturing adorable photos of dogs as they shake off water. We’re talking in full slow motion – fur flying, chins flapping and eyes crossed! This new… 
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		 The Cutest Hospital In Australia That Takes In Abandoned Baby Bats!If you think bats are terrifying, vampiric creatures of the night, you’ve got them all wrong. The abandoned bat pups being taken care of at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia are proof that baby bats can be just as adorable as any kitten or puppy. The fruit bat pups at the Tolga Bat… 
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		 Pimping Out Snail’s Shells to Prevent Them Getting SquashedSnails are adored by photographers and kids alike, perhaps because of the beautiful homes they carry on their backs all the time. Unfortunately, even those sturdy homes can’t protect them from people who unknowingly step on them. Some improved visibility might save their lives! To save these creatures from our boots, some compassionate people started… 
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		 Stunning Before & After Photos of Butterfly & Moth TransformationsThe animal kingdom is full of beautiful and mysterious processes, but there are few that are more captivating and wonderful than the metamorphoses that caterpillars undergo to become moths or butterflies. Perhaps even more amazing than the drastic transformation is how it happens. Inside their cocoons, the caterpillars are completely liquified, retaining only rudimentary “plates”… 
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		 Father Takes Heartwarming Photos of His Sick SonFollowing a health scare involving his son, Adrian Murray made it his mission to capture his children’s beautiful childhood moments through his lens. Adrian and his wife Michelle woke up one morning to find their 10-month-old son unresponsive in his crib – a nightmare for any parent to go through. Emerson was rushed to the… 
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		 Graphite and Oil Paintings Spectacularly Merge Nature and AnatomyItalian artist Nunzio Paci works with pencil and oil paints to create strange amalgamations of plants and animals in what he describes as an intent to “explore the infinite possibilities of life, in search of a balance between reality and imagination.” Paci currently has a solo show including several of the pieces you see here at the Palazzo… 
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		 His Wife Left Him & Took Everything Except His DogWhat do you get when you put together an illustrator, his Bull Terrier, and some white walls? An imaginative series of portraits starring the adorable pup, of course! Rafael Mantesso has turned to Instagram to document his doodling adventures with his dog, Jimmy Choo (named by his ex-wife, who was a stylist). After his divorce, Mantesso was… 
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		 Sublime Splattered Ink Animal Portraits by Hua TunanChinese artist Hua Tunan is back with more incredible splattered ink portraits. Born in 1991 in Foshan, Guangdong, China, Tunan blends traditional Chinese art and Western graffiti into his own unique style. The painter and graffiti artist has done both commercial work for global brands as well as ‘noncommissioned’ street artworks that can be seen around China.… 
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		 Adorable Underwater Photos of Puppies Diving Into WaterSeth Casteel, whose series of underwater photos of dogs fetching their ball first went viral in 2012 has continued to delight as the series extends with Casteel’s latest book, Underwater Puppies, set to release on 16 September 2014. In a recent interview with NPR, Casteel explains: Dogs was just such a random project, and it became successful out of nowhere.… 
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		 Polish Artist Takes Spectacular Summertime Photos of her ChildrenIzabela Urbaniak is a photographer and mother of two playful boys from Lodz, Poland. Since 2012, she’s been creating a photo series called “Summertime,” which depicts holidays in the countryside (in the tiny village of Lugowiska), carefree childhood, and the joy and happiness of everyday life. These pictures represent summer without computers and TVs – only…