Brown bear heavyweight Chunk wins Fat Bear Week despite injury
A brown bear weighing over 500kg (78st 8lb) has overcome a broken jaw to become the winner of…
These little bettongs were wiped out in South Australia a century ago. Now they’re thriving alongside foxes and feral cats
Around 200 years ago, bettongs were the most common macropod in Australia. These small wallaby-like creatures were once…
New, High-Altitude Marsupial Confirmed in Peru » Explorersweb
High in the Peruvian Andes, a tiny, unexpected surprise awaited scientists who had come to find an obscure…
Fat Bear Week winner crowned amid gluttonous salmon run
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in…
‘Dominant on the river’: 32 Chunk crowned champion in ‘biggest Fat Bear Week yet’ | Alaska
“The merely chubby have been winnowed away,” a naturalist intoned. “We are left with a clash of titans.”…
‘View them from a distance’
A TikTok shows just how quickly things can go awry with wild animal encounters. The video, posted by…
Tiny, Mask-Wearing, New-To-Science Opossum Species Discovered In The Peruvian Andes
An intrepid expedition team set off in 2018 to look for a mysterious species of squirrel in the…
12-Foot Alligator Wrestled Out of McDonald’s Parking Lot, and It Didn’t Happen in Florida
NEED TO KNOW After a two-day stakeout at a McDonald’s, an alligator was successfully wrangled by law enforcement…
Wildlife experts concerned after spotting unexpected creature off US coast: ‘It’s rare’
Spotting a manatee swimming in the cooler waters near Cape Cod is a rare sight that you’re unlikely…
Cannock Chase ranger’s deer crash speed warning
Visitors have been spotted feeding the deer from their cars, something Mr Barrett said put the animals in…
“That’s OK, We Like Being Surprised.”: Eastern Green Mamba Is Odd Snake Out Among Venomous Family
People given antivenoms against mamba bites often initially get better, only to start experiencing effects of the venom…
Leopard sharks engaging in “threesome” mating captured on video
For years, divers off New Caledonia have watched male leopard sharks dash after females, only to miss the…