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Bear makes himself at home under California couple's Sierra Madre house
Bears come and go in Sierra Madre, but this bear shows no signs of leaving after moving into the crawlspace under a couple’s home.
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Girl attacked by black bear inside tent at Montana campsite
A young girl was attacked in Montana by a black bear that has since been euthanized, authorities said.
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‘Something you only see on Shark Week': Father & son describe great white sighting
Sharks have been spotted up and down the coast of Massachusetts over the last few days, including a group of great whites who were filmed feasting on a whale carcass about six miles off the coast of Scituate. People have reported both great white and basking shark sightings on the north and south shores in recent days – two species…
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Possible shark sighting at Duxbury Beach
Swimming is restricted at the beach in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Friday after lifeguards reported a possible shark sighting. Town officials posted on social media around noon that the potential sighting was at the town’s residential beach. The harbormaster will investigate the area. Swimming will be restricted for one hour or until the harbormaster gives an all clear. Shark sightings have...
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83-year-old woman gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park
Officials say an 83-year-old woman was gored and seriously injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
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Police killed alligator after a woman's remains were found inside its mouth in Texas
A Houston police officer shot and killed an alligator after it was found with the remains of a woman inside its mouth, officials said in a statement.
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Bear spotted wandering neighborhoods in Lincoln
Police in Lincoln, Massachusetts, are warning residents to take precautions after a black bear was spotted this week. The animal bear was sighted several times in the area north of Trapelo Road, in the area of Lexington, Page and Lincoln roads. Residents are urged to bring in any food and trash, and to use caution with pets or when exercising…
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Mama bear and cubs caught on video having a pool party in California
Video from a Monrovia, California, homeowner captured a mama bear dive into a backyard pool as her two curious but cautious cubs watched.
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Cicadas are so noisy in a South Carolina county that residents are calling the police
“We have had several calls about a noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar,” the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office said. “The sound is cicadas.”
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Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies
Cicadas are clearly king when it comes to peeing, urinating two to three times stronger and faster than elephants and humans.
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Robot disguised as a coyote or fox will scare wildlife away from runways at Alaska airport
A headless robot about the size of a labrador retriever will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds and other wildlife at Alaska’s second largest airport.
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See It: A bald eagle got stuck in a car's front grill in Maryland. It was rescued and released back into the wild.
A bald eagle and a driver accidentally collided along Route 4 in Calvert County.
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On black bear expedition with gov., experts say population in Mass. is thriving
Massachusetts’ black bear population is healthy and thriving according to wildlife experts. “We’re kind of still experiencing the long-term expansion of our bear population from our remnant population in the Berkshires that has slowly grown and expanded to much of the state now,” said Dave Wattles of MassWildlife. Gov. Maura Healey was in western Massachusetts Friday with her family...
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Rare sighting of enormous basking sharks off California coast leaves wildlife enthusiasts in awe
Rare basking sharks made for an impressive display when they were spotted off Ventura’s coast.
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Nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline, UN report says
A new United Nations report says nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline.
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Woman arrested at Colombia airport after 130 endangered poisonous frogs found in her luggage
A Brazilian woman was arrested on charges of wildlife trafficking after police in Colombia discovered 130 poisonous frogs in her luggage.
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Behold the ‘tree lobster': Rarest insect on earth now on view in North America for the first time
The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought to be extinct for many years until several of the species were discovered on a nearby ‘sea stack’ in 2001.
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Australia has too many sheep – and farmers are giving them away for free
Australia’s mutton glut has sent prices tumbling, and some farmers are compelled to give their sheep away to save costs instead of rearing them on-farm.
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The University of Michigan slithers toward history with massive acquisition of jarred snake specimens
The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology recently acquired tens of thousands of reptile and amphibian specimens, including many snakes.
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Ipswich wolf sanctuary pushes back against ‘devastating' new hunting laws
A group of humans who love North American grey wolves are fighting to reinstate endangered species protections in the Northern Rocky Mountains, where 80% of the U.S. population currently lives