Category: News

  • Bald eagle decapitates fish mid-air in incredible footage

    Bald eagle decapitates fish mid-air in incredible footage

    “Have you ever seen an eagle decapitate a fish, swallow it’s head whole and then slurp down the rest?” asks raptor photographer Mark Smith. You’re about to! If you’re not following Smith’s work on social media (his Instagram is particularly fruitful), I can’t recommend it enough. Speaking as a naturalist…

  • Florida police wrangle alligator found under resident’s car

    Florida police wrangle alligator found under resident’s car

    Around the same time an Arizona man was dealing with a bobcat behind his car grille, someone across the country was experiencing a similar problem, albeit far more Florida. Rather than a bobcat, the Florida resident discovered an alligator lurking under their car. It began when the Floridian heard a…

  • Orca mothers provide lifelong protection for their sons, study shows

    Orca mothers provide lifelong protection for their sons, study shows

    In a study of the Southern Resident orca population, researchers delved into the lives of matriarchs. More specifically, females beyond their reproductive years. What they found is that older females continue to protect their sons long after menopause – but not their daughters. In the wild, large broods aren’t at…

  • Yellowstone visitor stands inches from black bear, cubs as they attempt to cross the road

    Yellowstone visitor stands inches from black bear, cubs as they attempt to cross the road

    “The ranger said if that had been a grizzly it would have been a fatality,” says Tony Jackson of his footage filmed in Yellowstone National Park. Brown bears (which include grizzlies) and black bears do exhibit wildly different behaviors, it’s true. But the individual behavior of each bear within a…

  • Visitor dies during 121 degree day in Death Valley National Park

    Visitor dies during 121 degree day in Death Valley National Park

    “Heat may have been a factor in his death,” Death Valley National Park officials say in their media release on the late visitor. On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 18, a 71-year-old man from the Los Angeles area collapsed outside the restroom at Golden Canyon in Death Valley National Park,…

  • Yellowstone’s June 2023 saw 61% visitation increase over 2022

    Yellowstone’s June 2023 saw 61% visitation increase over 2022

    Yellowstone National Park (YELL) hosted almost 1 million people in a single month this June, more than double the visitors from the same time last year. In total, Yellowstone saw 847,864 recreation visits in June 2023. As park officials note, this is a staggering 61% increase from June 2022. While…

  • 8-foot mako shark filmed fighting fishermen for swordfish

    8-foot mako shark filmed fighting fishermen for swordfish

    After successfully catching a large swordfish in the Coral Sea, a fishing crew found themselves in a game of tug of war against a mako shark, the predator determined to take the fish for itself. The incident took place around 200 miles off the coast of Queensland, Australia. In the…

  • Boaters spot whale shark off the coast of Florida in rare encounter

    Boaters spot whale shark off the coast of Florida in rare encounter

    While enjoying a day at sea off the coast of Destin, a group of Florida boaters received a surprise visitor: an enormous whale shark swimming near the surface. The boaters were about five miles off the coast when they spotted a shadow beneath the waves. Suddenly, a huge fin dorsal…

  • Bison goring in Theodore Roosevelt National Park leaves woman severely injured

    Bison goring in Theodore Roosevelt National Park leaves woman severely injured

    The Minnesota woman was last reported to be in “serious but stable condition” following the bison goring in the national park’s Painted Canyon. As Theodore Roosevelt National Park (THRO) official report, the woman, a visitor from Minnesota, was “severely injured by a bison” in Painted Canyon on Saturday, July 15.…

  • Alligator filmed attacking snake in Florida backyard

    Alligator filmed attacking snake in Florida backyard

    Florida is home to a wide variety of reptiles, including alligators, crocodiles, and over 40 species of native snakes (plus a few invasive ones). Conflicts between the two groups – crocodilians and snakes – are relatively common. Catching one of these fights on video, however, is a bit more unusual.…

  • TROPHY TUESDAY: Young angler catches ‘human-toothed’ pacu in Oklahoma pond

    TROPHY TUESDAY: Young angler catches ‘human-toothed’ pacu in Oklahoma pond

    We’ve got a very different TROPHY TUESDAY this week as young Mr. Charlie Clinton shares his wild invasive pacu catch out of Oklahoma. Imagine angling your local Midwestern pond and these teeth are on your hook. Young angler Charlie Clinton was fishing in his neighborhood over the weekend when he…

  • Mountain lion caught on doorbell cam scaling California woman’s fence

    Mountain lion caught on doorbell cam scaling California woman’s fence

    Doorbell cameras are excellent home protection tools, giving homeowners extra peace of mind knowing that they’ll receive alerts and video of any backyard intruders. But when that intruder is a large mountain lion, it’s best to just let them pass on through. With a mountain lion population of around 5,000,…

  • Rat snake breaks into chicken coop, swallows two ceramic eggs

    Rat snake breaks into chicken coop, swallows two ceramic eggs

    When a hungry rat snake found its way into a Texas chicken coop with two unguarded eggs inside, it thought it hit the jackpot. What it didn’t realize was that the eggs weren’t filled with yolks but hard clay, putting the snake in a life-threatening situation. For many homeowners, finding…

  • Yellowstone bison goring results in ‘significant injuries’ to woman’s ‘chest and abdomen’

    Yellowstone bison goring results in ‘significant injuries’ to woman’s ‘chest and abdomen’

    Yellowstone National Park‘s first officially-reported bison goring of 2023 resulted in severe injuries to a 47-year-old woman from Phoenix, Arizona. An unreported May 21, 2023 incident also took place in which a woman stood directly in front of a large bison bull’s head. During footage filmed by Yellowstone visitors, her…

  • Fisherman spots rare pink dolphin in Louisiana: ‘I feel like I saw Bigfoot’

    Fisherman spots rare pink dolphin in Louisiana: ‘I feel like I saw Bigfoot’

    The first animal that comes to mind when you think of Louisiana is likely an alligator. But did you know that the waters of the Pelican State are home to a whopping eight species of dolphins as well? On a recent trip to a popular fishing destination in the state,…

  • Octopus steals GoPro camera from diver, fights to keep it

    Octopus steals GoPro camera from diver, fights to keep it

    Australia is a country known for its wildlife, but even Australian animals typically aren’t this wild. After spotting a diver filming it with a GoPro, an octopus reached out and snatched the camera away, leading to an all-out battle for the recording device. This incident occurred in early July, when…

  • Hawaiian surfer films close encounter with 20-foot great white shark

    Hawaiian surfer films close encounter with 20-foot great white shark

    While foil surfing off the coast of Hawaii, a man had a close encounter with a great white shark estimated to be around 20 feet in length. According to lifeguards and other outdoorsmen, it’s a local in the area. The sighting occurred off the coast of Oahu, when Nick Kapule…

  • Entire pod of 55 pilot whales dead in mass stranding event

    Entire pod of 55 pilot whales dead in mass stranding event

    A pod of 55 pilot whales died Sunday in a mass stranding on a Scottish beach, marking what experts believe to be the largest fatal mass stranding event in Scotland for decades. At around 7:00 am local time on Sunday morning, local wildlife officials received reports of whales in distress…

  • Shark bites, deflates boat full of people during sardine run

    Shark bites, deflates boat full of people during sardine run

    While observing marine wildlife off the coast of South Africa, a wildlife veterinarian and her students nearly found themselves in the Atlantic when a shark in search of lunch chomped down on their inflatable boat, causing it to deflate rapidly on one side. When Emily Cehrs boarded a Safari4U dinghy…

  • Man fired after saving moose calf from black bear on highway

    Man fired after saving moose calf from black bear on highway

    Allowing nature to run its course when you’re capable of interfering can be an extremely tough thing to do. It’s imperative, however, that you always do so, both to protect the balance of nature and to ensure your own safety as well as that of wildlife. This is a lesson…

  • Arizona man discovers live bobcat behind car grille

    Arizona man discovers live bobcat behind car grille

    A strange noise coming from the hood of your car can signal a wide variety of things, none of them good. Typically, though, it doesn’t mean that a wild bobcat found its way underneath the car and behind the grille. But that’s the exact situation in which an Arizona man…

  • Great white sharks filmed sharing waves with surfers in California

    Great white sharks filmed sharing waves with surfers in California

    Drone footage taken at a popular California beach captured at least four juvenile great white sharks swimming alongside surfers – sometimes mere feet from their boards. The footage was posted on Sunday by wildlife photographer Kevin Christopherson, who had just visited San Onofre State Beach, a popular San Diego surf…

  • Sea otter harassing California surfers continues to evade capture

    Sea otter harassing California surfers continues to evade capture

    Last month, a California sea otter made headlines after exhibiting bizarre behavior among California surfers, stealing surfboards and catching waves. Since then, wildlife officials have attempted to capture the “aggressive” animal but have yet to find success. According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials, the sea otter is a 5-year-old…

  • Burmese python found with nest of 111 eggs sets record in Florida

    Burmese python found with nest of 111 eggs sets record in Florida

    Mere days before the capture of the largest Burmese python in Florida history, another snake hunter broke records with the removal of a female python and her nest of 111 eggs. In the animal kingdom, giving birth to multiple offspring at once isn’t at all uncommon. It’s far stranger, in…

  • Moose calf swimming with mother captured by fishermen in heartwarming footage

    Moose calf swimming with mother captured by fishermen in heartwarming footage

    While fishing in an Alaskan river, a group of fishermen was visited by a passing cow moose and her calf, the newborn struggling against the fast-moving water as it navigated what was undoubtedly one of its first attempts at swimming. Surrounded by lush greenery, crisp, cool water, and snow-capped mountains,…