<p>The empire-state building becomes a beacon for endangered species, a lost whale calf in a marina, another rodeo-riding animal and a sloth with an unusual surrogate mom. That’s all in this week’s roundup of nature news. </p>
<h4>News Sources:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nerdist.com/cecil-and-other-endangered-animals-light-up-empire-state-building/" target="_blank">EMPIRE STATE ANIMALS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/another-northern-white-rhino-dies-and-then-there-were-4/" target="_blank">NORTHERN WHITE RHINO </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/in-the-field/backyard-wildlife/video-huge-hissing-monitor-lizard-evicted-from-phuket-house"_blank">MONITOR LIZARD</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.discovery.com/bites-animal-planet/2015/08/mountain-lion-has-incredible-standoff-with-hiker.html" target="_blank">MOUNTAIN LION</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans/whales-and-dolphins/lost-whale-calf-surfaces-among-luxury-yachts-in-buenos-aires-photos-video" target="_blank">WHALE CALF</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/cute-and-cool/cute/watch-baby-sloth-hand-reared-with-the-help-of-a-stuffed-toy" target="_blank">BABY SLOTH</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.earthtouchnews.com/wtf/wtf/heres-a-fearless-little-blackbird-hitching-a-ride-on-a-hawk" target="_blank">BIRD RIDING</a></li>
</ul>

Gigantic great white shark, albino animals & an adorable orangutan

Nature news that made headlines, plus a good helping of the cute and the quirky, all wrapped up in a weekly two-minute video roundup.