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The Best Gear For Father's Day!

Plus: Rare Elephants Born in Thailand

Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday, June 16. If you’re still shopping for that perfect gift for the outdoorsy guy in your life, we have some ideas for you. Check out these 10 gift options for an outdoorsy dad that’ll be sure to bring a smile to his face.

An Asian elephant in Thailand gave birth to “miracle” twins at the end of last week. Twins are rare among elephants, especially fraternal boy/girl twins like these babies. The mother elephant named Jumjuree initially tried to kick away the second baby, possibly not realizing it was also hers.

“Ow! I just got bit twice,” Jay Brewer of @jayprehistoricpets says right after both heads of a two-headed snake bit him.

Two bear cubs belonging to a rare white grizzly known as Bear 178 — or "Nakoda" by the locals — died after a car collision in Canada's Yoho National Park. According to reports, the cubs were struck along the Trans-Canada Highway on June 6.

Is a giraffe still a giraffe without its spots? Yes, but it’s an incredibly rare sight. Before last year, the only spotless giraffe on record was a giraffe born in 1972 at a Japanese zoo. In 2023, a second spotless giraffe was born at a zoo in Tennessee. Researchers then spotted another of these incredibly rare animals in the wild just weeks later.