Tag: wildlife

On Aug. 22, 24-year-old Ruairí McSorley from Londonderry, Ireland, went for a swim in Tralee Bay on the southern Irish coast. And he kept swimming. And kept swimming. McSorley was ...

Any time a person sets out into nature, there's the possibility he or she will spot something that makes the wild their home. That possibility scares some people, but for ...

Sept. 4, 2006, is a day that many remember with bittersweet sadness, as that was the day that a true wildlife warrior icon died while doing what he loved best. ...

The adage "look before you leap" has never been as relevant as when you're on a summer hike in snake country, wherever that may be. One visiting hiker recently had ...

If you ask the professionals what the best way for a person to approach and help a moose is, the answer is a simple "don't." Given the sheer size and ...

Wildfires are unpredictable events that have far-reaching effects. Not only are people and animals displaced, but structures and livelihoods are destroyed. The East Troublesome Fire began on Oct. 14, 2020, ...

Alligators and dogs are a bad combination. Time and again, when the two creatures meet, the dogs are not the victors. Many dog owners who live in large-reptile-infested areas know ...

Yellowstone National Park is neither a zoo nor a drive-through safari at Six Flags. If you treat it as such, you deserve what you get. In the case of Samantha ...

Most pet owners prefer fluffy, cute animals -- it's only a handful of people who are devoted to the venomous ones. After a mishap in Grand Prarie, Texas, one of ...

The Chaffin family set out for a nice hike on Capitol Creek Ditch Trail in Colorado on June 18. Of course, there were four-legged members of the family tagging along, ...

A man in Alaska who had endured days of attacks from an adult grizzly bear was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a helicopter that was away from its ...

Lots of people talk about being in the right place at the right time, but there are certainly cases of the opposite as well. This appears to be one of ...

On the morning of June 14, David and Jessica Aungst of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, got the fright of a lifetime when a bear attacked their dogs. The couple knows they live ...

A novel disease has been ravaging the eastern United States in 2021, and it isn't COVID-19. The Columbus Dispatch, citing wildlife experts, reported Wednesday that a mysterious illness has "blinded, ...

There’s something about God’s creation that is so incredibly humbling to us humans. As societies grapple with conflict, culture wars and political battles, out in the wild, the circle of ...

Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it. Rob Adamson from the town of St. Ives ...

Florida man. Alligator. Dog. The story almost writes itself -- but this time the Florida man's actions are more heroic than they are questionable, and the alligator ended up the ...