Sea lions have overtaken one California beach with no signs of slowing down. San Carlos Beach in Monterey has faced such an influx of the marine mammals it has been closed to the public indefinitely. “City Parks Division staff have been working closely with staff from the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to monitor the...
A 12-year-old boy from Weston, Massachusetts, reeled in a massive white marlin off the coast of Nantucket on Aug. 16. Stone Fornes caught the 118.2-pound fish, potentially breaking a junior world record, while fishing with angler Elliot Sudal. The current record for a white marlin is 102 pounds, which was caught off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts,...
The Goliath birdeater’s massive size earns it the title of the world’s largest spider. The Goliath birdeater, or theraphosa blondi, if using the scientific name, is ranked the largest for its overall size and mass. The massive size can make these spiders very intimidating, but their venom is not lethal to humans, according to National...
Several Colorado livestock producers have sent letters to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and Governor Jared Polis calling for wolves to be lethally removed. The ranchers are making the plea as they say wolves are preying on and killing their cattle while arguing that non-lethal methods are not effective. Twenty-four cattle and sheep have been...
A food truck found an innovative way to keep its customers happy: by offering insurance on their meals. Hawkins BBQ is a traveling food truck known for its sandwiches, loaded fries and ice cream —but the truck has run into issues with local birds of late. The food stop on the Isle of Man, located...
Georgia’s Zoo Atlanta is celebrating the birth of a Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth earlier this month. The sloth infant, which has not yet been publicly named, was born Aug. 9 to its mother, Nutella, 7, and father Cocoa, 31, Zoo Atlanta said in an Aug. 14 press release. It is Nutella’s second child. Her first, a...
The oldest ever first-time giant panda mom just welcomed twins into the world at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. Ying Ying, 19, gave birth to a male and female “following over five hours of labor,” according to Ocean Park. In a social media post, Ocean Park shared that it is “thrilled to welcome the birth...
A Texas teenager was critically injured and later died after he was dragged by a horse while tending to a sick calf in a freak accident Monday. “Somehow, the man’s leg got tangled, and the horse [dragged] him quite a distance in an open field,” the Lott Volunteer Fire Department told KWTX-TV. The Falls County...
A massive 1,300-pound bull escaped from a Massachusetts farm Monday morning, causing a highway crash before charging at officers, police said. Workers at Mathieu Farms in Raynham, Massachusetts, were in the process of loading the bull onto a truck for the slaughterhouse around 9 a.m. when the animal became enraged and escaped. Raynham police received...
Officials who answered a call about a slow-moving reptile lingering on a busy interstate are sharing details about the incident on social media. On July 30, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) responded to the scene where the animal was trying to cross I-10 near Picacho Peak, Arizona. The good Samaritan who called 911...
