2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (522+ words) The damage may not be obvious until an expected brood simply does not appear. University of Iowa biologists are warning that one of North America's strangest and most spectacular natural events could be inching toward an end, as periodical cicadas…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (686+ words) "People had been around the islands in shallow water before, but no one had looked at life in the deep." In a sparsely studied stretch of the Indian Ocean near Australia, researchers examining ancient underwater volcanoes identified 149 species never before…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (555+ words) The neighborhood is also where 75-year-old Michael Burstein was killed in a June 2022 alligator attack. A Horry County family is calling for action after an alligator killed its bulldog in a neighborhood that has already been the site of a…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (265+ words) Police were called to a Polish beach after reports that a woman had gone into the water with two snakes hanging around her neck. Officers found no misunderstanding, but a public safety concern that also raised questions about animal welfare....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (575+ words) "An important reminder to take precautions, particularly with small pets." Officials in Lake Bluff, Illinois, alerted residents after a coyote snatched a small dog from a yard before disappearing into the nearby woods. Authorities said it was the first such…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (579+ words) "I'm glad it wasn't some little kid." A Rhode Island man was seriously injured after a potentially rabid raccoon charged him during a trail run in Potter Wood in South Kingstown. John Hixon was left with bites, scratches, and a…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (507+ words) Some were stuck in her joints, many wounds were infected, and additional quills may still surface. A pair of North Dakota dogs needed emergency medical attention to remove 673 quills after a painful encounter with a porcupine. Before help arrived, Miss…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (524+ words) "If there are maggots, that can indicate a more serious issue." According to the Reddit post, the animal showed no obvious distress: "The groundhog seems active and healthy, but didn't seem bothered by the swarm of flies on her." By…...

4+ day, 42+ min ago   (583+ words) The situation did not end in panic or retaliation. A heavy rainstorm in Vietnam's Phu Tho Province was followed by an unsettling discovery: a 13-foot (4-meter) reticulated python moving through dense vegetation behind a family's chicken coop. The family did…...

4+ day, 55+ min ago   (565+ words) Livestock can become an easy food source for predators and large reptiles. A massive python surpassing the weight of some full-grown people was captured in Malaysia after firefighters said it appeared to be targeting a goat near a rural settlement....