Rebecca Nagy is a science writer from New Jersey and elephant enthusiast.
For an elephant calf, everything is new and interesting and needs to be investigated. That includes a truckload of tourists. Enter the mother elephant. In this video submitted to Kruger Sightings, an elephant mother and its calf — still in its first few months of life — walks out of the bush and into the […] More
Found in the rainforest and savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, the Gaboon viper is one of the world’s largest and heaviest vipers. If that’s not enough to set off alarm bells, they also have the longest fangs of any venomous snakes, coming in at two inches or longer. When you pair these long fangs with the […] More
The Megalodon was once the largest shark to roam the ocean. But one day, this predator with a mouth the size of an elevator mysteriously went extinct. The true cause of this massive extinction has captured the imaginations of people across the globe, especially scientists who seek the truth. Recent studies reveal that an unlikely […] More
This looks like a scene straight out of The Lion King (before it got sad). In the adorable footage below, lion cub triplets at the Oregon Zoo’s Predators of the Serengeti Habitat were captured playing outside with their dad Zawadi Mungu for the first time. Video: When a lioness is pregnant, she goes off alone to […] More
If you were to ever encounter a clouded leopard in the mountainous forests of Southeast Asia, you should consider yourself exceptionally lucky. Members of the genus Neofelis, these cats weigh anywhere from 25 to 50 pounds and are among the most secretive and poorly-understood members of the cat family. Clouded leopards are now known to […] More
Antlers have been considered prized possessions by hunters for centuries. But to deer and others in the Cervidea family, antlers are merely seasonal decorations used to seek a mate and defend against competition. That’s why deer shed their antlers each year, as we see captured here in the trail cam video below. While it’s shocking […] More
Just a reminder that the animal kingdom can be a brutal place… This zebra seemed to be having a pretty bad day in Kruger National Park. As two crocs grab a hold of it, it struggles to free its leg from their grip. Not giving up, the zebra is able to escape. Unfortunately, it does […] More
Sharks are often seen as the top predators in the ocean, but these killer whales are reminding us why they’re a creature to be reckoned with. In a video captured by Slater Moore Photography and posted to Monteray Bay Whale Watch, offshore killer whales are seen feeding on what the company believed to be a sevengill shark. […] More
