BearCam: Colorado wildlife camera captures hundreds of bear selfies
Officials in Color ado say of the 580 photos captured by the camera, about 400 of them were bear selfies. Rangers say the bear recently discovered the camera, and kept going back to it.
Crabbing industry loses fight to prevent fishing in critical Alaskan ecosystem
In 2021, NOAA Fisheries reported that king crab fishing totaled 6 million pounds and was valued at more than $73 million.
Seal repeatedly wanders out of ocean to explore snowy Maine town
Cape Elizabeth Police said the seal was captured and released back into the ocean three times.
Nearly two-thirds of coral reef sharks threatened with extinction from overfishing as main cause, study finds
The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that 59% of the 134 coral-reef associated shark and ray species are being threatened with extinction, making them the most threatened groups found on coral reefs alongside marine mammals.
Dinosaur fossils unearthed in Chile may give insight into deadly asteroid strike
The new fossils are from birds and killer dinosaurs, such as the megaraptor, and provide clues about their life before — and after — the fatal asteroid strike.
Massive seal running amok in Australia town
A large seal was captured on video running through a small town in Australia this month.
Watch: Drone video captures the world’s largest hatching of baby turtles
Between mid-December and early January, millions of baby river turtles emerged from the sandy beaches of the Amazon’s Guaporé/Inténez River.
You can name a cockroach after your ex and watch it be fed to an animal at Texas zoo
The San Antonio Zoo’s popular Valentine’s Day fundraiser is back for its fourth year, turning heartache into a positive for wildlife.
Polar bear emerged unseen from Alaska snowstorm to kill woman, baby
As the attack unfolded outside a school, the principal ordered a lockdown and closed the blinds so the children couldn’t see what was happening outside the entrance.
Eating 1 fish from US lakes, rivers equal to a month of drinking 'forever chemicals' water, study says
Overall, freshwater fish caught near urban areas and the Great Lakes were found to have the highest levels of forever chemicals, according to the study.
Polar bear kills mother, son in Alaska village, state troopers say
Alaska State Troopers say a polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote western Alaska village.
‘The Last of Us’ zombie fungal parasite is real and causes ants to commit suicide
If you thought fictional zombies walking around on film were scary, the condition that turns creatures into mindless eating machines actually exists in nature.
Possible wolf-dog hybrid finds new home in Vermont
“And we promise once the DNA comes back, we will let you all know the results,” The Potter League For Animals said.
Humpback whale that washed ashore in NJ likely struck by vessel: Officials
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said that preliminary results of a necropsy on the whale indicate that the animal had “blunt trauma injuries consistent with those from a vessel strike.”
Missing clouded leopard found safe at Dallas Zoo; criminal investigation ongoing
A clouded leopard that went missing from its Dallas Zoo exhibit has been found safe on zoo grounds after police say someone intentionally created a tear in its enclosure.
Indiana man breaks state fishing record twice in 1 day on Lake Michigan
Scott Skafar, a fisherman from Valparaiso, Indiana, caught two burbots that broke Indiana’s state record in a single day.
30-foot fin whale found stranded, dead off Mississippi Gulf Coast: ‘A very rare species’
Since 2002, there have only been three reported fin whale strandings in the Gulf of Mexico.
WATCH: Giant python crosses road in Florida Everglades
A video of a gigantic Burmese python crossing a road in the Florida Everglades is stunning viewers – but many think the person taking the video should’ve run it over.
Killer whale found dead on Florida beach a first for Southeast, NOAA spokesperson says
A 21-foot orca whale has died after officials said it stranded itself on a Flagler County Beach on Wednesday morning.
USDA approves vaccine for honeybees, a first in the U.S.
Scientists say the vaccine will protect them from disease that can ravage colonies in as little as three weeks.