A pregnant 7-foot porbeagle shark appeared to have been eaten by an even larger shark in what researchers believe is the first such evidence of the ocean hunter becoming the hunted. Researchers captured the porbeagle shark near Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in late October 2020 and attached two tracker tags – one mounted on the shark’s...
A five-year-old boy has been hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a mountain lion attack in Southern California over the weekend.The big cat has since been euthanized by California state rangers, according to officials on Tuesday.According to a statement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the mountain lion attack occurred at Malibu...
A circus trainer almost met his end in front of a live audience when a performing bear turned on him during a show in front of hundreds of children and parents. “Towards the end of the act, the bear snapped at Sergei and wrestled with him,” Nikita Mikhailov, head of the Moretti Circus, told reporters...
Wildlife officials issued a warning in Somerset County, New Jersey, to be on guard for northern copperhead snakes after one of the species was seen last week in Watchung, a Garden State borough that’s less than an hour from New York City. The northern copperhead snake is described as having two shades of copper or...
Visitors in Taiwan have gathered at the Taipei Zoo to help celebrate a giant panda’s birthday, with politics set aside. The panda, Yuanyaun, has turned 20 years old. It first arrived at the zoo in 2008 from China, according to the Associated Press. Zookeepers gave the female panda a birthday cake in the shape of...
Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a severe drought across southern Africa, the environment ministry said. The cull will take place in parks and communal areas where authorities believe animal numbers exceed available grazing land and water supplies,...
Greek authorities have started collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port in the central city of Volos this week after being displaced from their usual freshwater habitats during flooding last year. The floating carcasses created a silvery blanket across the port and a stench that alarmed residents and authorities...
A hunter in Virginia is facing jail time and more after pleading guilty to killing a well-known and beloved deer on the premises of the historic Hollywood Cemetery. Two hunters were involved in the killing of the “Hollywood Buck,” each facing separate charges. Jason Walters of Richmond, Virginia, pleaded guilty to all 20 misdemeanors that...
A bald eagle is the victim of a shooting in Missouri as caretakers work to help the injured bird. The seven-pound bird was brought into the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri, by a volunteer, according to The Associated Press. The bird sanctuary staff operated on the male bird to repair a severely damaged...
One Texas police officer successfully removed a live alligator from one family’s front doorstep this week using just his bare hands.Lieutenant Billy Henry of the Fulshear Police Department responded to a call where a young gator was occupying a home’s threshold.GIANT ALLIGATOR LUNGING AT CARS IN NC ROAD SHOOED AWAY AFTER FIREFIGHTERS TAKE CLEVER APPROACHIn...
