Wildlife

A whale that washed ashore on a beach in Cuba could not be returned to the open ocean and died, NBC News reported, despite efforts from local rescuers. 

A whale that washed ashore on a beach in Cuba could not be returned to the open ocean and died, NBC News reported, despite efforts from local rescuers. 

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.

The winner of the Florida Python Challenge removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Ronald Kiger was announced as the winner on Tuesday and will take home the $10,000 grand prize. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission awards about $25,000 in prizes for hunters who humanely kill and remove the invasive snakes from the designated competition areas during a...

A young girl was attacked in Montana by a black bear that has since been euthanized, authorities said.

Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes.

Officials say an 83-year-old woman was gored and seriously injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park.

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.

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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“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.”

Cicadas are clearly king when it comes to peeing, urinating two to three times stronger and faster than elephants and humans.

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.

A wildlife center in Richmond, Virginia, is going the extra mile for a young fox that was found alone in an alleyway.

A bald eagle and a driver accidentally collided along Route 4 in Calvert County.

Rare basking sharks made for an impressive display when they were spotted off Ventura’s coast.

A new United Nations report says nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline.

A Brazilian woman was arrested on charges of wildlife trafficking after police in Colombia discovered 130 poisonous frogs in her luggage.

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.

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.