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Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
Voting has started in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.
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Mass. beach to remain closed to swimming through October due to shark activity
Though swimming weather may be waning by the day, there’s one place where you won’t be able to take a late-season dip. Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has imposed a swimming ban through the end of October. The Trustees of Reservations, who oversee the beach, say it’s because of persistent great white shark sightings. A swimming ban had already...
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Still no swimming at Crane Beach due to shark activity
The swimming ban at Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has been extended until the end of October following shark activity last month.
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Famed Mass. beaver Nibi avoids eviction from wildlife rehab, at least for now
The story of Nibi the beaver, who’s been in the care of Newhouse Wildlife Rescue, has captivated many, and when Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey heard the animal was being ordered released into the wild, over protests that Nibi has no family or survival skills, she intervened....
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Healey pauses plan to release beaver into the wild: ‘We're going to protect Nibi'
Tuesday was meant to be deadline day for Nibi, as the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife told the wildlife rescue organization that has been caring for the 2-year-old beaver that it would be released into the wild. However, the state said Tuesday morning that they would not be coming for Nibi at 9:30 a.m. as originally scheduled. Exactly what…
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Thousands eager to keep this Massachusetts beaver safe
There’s controversy about the plan to release Nibi the beaver back into the wild.
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Meet Jasper, a rare baby mandrill born at the Fort Worth Zoo
Jasper and his “Irish twin” sister, Ruby, are the first mandrills to be born at the zoo since 1995.
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Why some cities in the US are using sheep to graze grass instead of mowing it
Even some universities have tried out herds of goats and sheep on campus property. Here’s why.
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Giant Joro spider has made its way to Boston
t’s so large, it might be mistaken for a Halloween decoration – but the web it left behind on Beacon Hill is all too real.
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A zoo in Finland is returning giant pandas to China because they're too expensive to keep
A zoo in Finland has agreed to return two loaned giant pandas to China eight years early because they are too expensive for the facility to maintain.
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Boston's new, giant Joro spider is pregnant: ‘You better watch out!'
It’s so large, it might be mistaken for a Halloween decoration – but the web that the invasive Joro spider spotted in Boston has left outside a stately home on Beacon Hill is all too real. Perhaps the only thing creepier than seeing the palm-sized spider itself is not seeing it, and not knowing where it is. Beacon Hill residents…
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Invasive Joro spider spotted in Beacon Hill
The large, yellow Joro spider, native to East Asia, has made its way to Boston.
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Giant, invasive Joro spider has pushed further north — to the heart of Boston
The Joro spider is in Boston, according to a researcher who tracks the species, and it’s “the most northern sighting yet.” See images of the arachnid here.
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‘Be very vigilant.' Comedian Brittany Furlan, wife of rocker Tommy Lee, saves dog from coyote
Comedian and actress Brittany Furlan Lee, wife of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, is sharing an urgent message to pet owners after a coyote attack at their Woodland Hills home nearly left her without her beloved dog.
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Octopuses seen hunting together with fish in rare video — and punching fish that don't cooperate
Octopuses have often been thought to prowl the seafloor solo using camouflage. But a new study suggests that some have surprisingly rich social lives.
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New Zealand scientists discover new ‘spookfish' living deep in the Pacific
Scientists said Tuesday they had discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives exclusively in the waters off Australia and New Zealand.
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Mass. beach to remain closed to swimming for another week due to continued shark activity
A popular beach on the North Shore of Massachusetts remained closed Wednesday — and will for several more days — after multiple great white shark sightings on Tuesday. Swimmers were ordered out of the water Tuesday morning when a great white shark sighting was confirmed off the east end of Crane Beach. Ipswich police said sharks were seen in approximately…
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The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too
The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat.
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46-pound baby penguin is breaking the internet: ‘Pesto is a celebrity'
Pesto is one. Big. Penguin.
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12-year-old saves dad from bear attack
A father-son duo was hunting in the Wisconsin woods when they shot and wounded a black bear. Twenty minutes after being shot, the bear mauled the father, leaving his 12-year-old son to step in.