The rusty patched bumble bee was just listed as endangered — and its the first bee to acquire such a listing in the continental United States. This will bring new hope to not only this species, but systems as a whole. A senior conservation biologist for the Xerxes society said in a press release, “Addressing the […] More
Image: Jamie Hiscocks/FB What a fossil hunter nearly passed over a decade ago turned out to be a fossilized dinosaur brain. The fossil was tiny and resembled just one of many small pebbles along the British coastline, according to English amatuer fossil hunter Jamie Hiscocks. According to experts, the tissue was essentially “pickled” when the […] More
Have you seen all of these? We’ve compiled some the most amazing wildlife rescues of all time, including a lioness that had been mauled by a buffalo, a sea turtle with a straw stuck up its nose, and an elephant calf that had been speared in the head by poachers. Some of these animals would […] More
Wildlife officials in Tanzania are training African giant pouched rats to help identify illegal shipments of pangolins, a heavily trafficked endangered species. Funded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) as an effort to end wildlife trafficking, this program is currently assessing the rats’ ability to sniff out pangolins in various settings. […] More
A woman who was mauled by a tiger after leaving her car at a wildlife park in Beijing is now suing the park, stating she was unaware of the dangers and left her vehicle only because she was carsick. After exiting her vehicle, the woman was pounced on and dragged off by a tiger in the […] More
A fishing charter crew caught a colossal 14-pound lobster off the coast of Bermuda during a hurricane. “Hurricane Nicole blew in some sea monsters,” the charter company said on their Facebook page. The company, called Sanctuary Marine Bermuda, explained that the lobster was caught by accident and the crew had to bring it on land […] More
Image: Paramount Group Canine units in South Africa are being trained to rappel out of helicopters and parachute from airplanes. We couldn’t make this stuff up. These units are part of an elite anti-poaching team fighting against wildlife trafficking in Kruger National Park. By accessing areas by plane or helicopter, teams can rapidly reach remote spots […] More
Image: Pascal Walschots Newly elected government officials in Nigeria are attempting to build a six-lane superhighway through an irreplaceable lowland rainforest. Living in the rainforest are the last 300 Cross River gorillas, chimpanzees, and 14 other primate species. In fact, nearly 80% of all primate species in Nigeria are found in this area. In addition to […] More
A fisherman in the Philippines found a giant pearl worth an estimated $100 million nearly a decade ago… and he’s been keeping it under his bed for good luck. In perhaps the luckiest find of all time, the fisherman reported that he located the rare find when his ship’s anchor got stuck on a giant […] More
Image: John Holmes A flock of “drunken” starlings apparently caused quite a fiasco on a busy motorway recently, according to The Local. Motorists were extremely confused when birds randomly started crashing into their cars and falling onto the A2 motorway between Inzersdorf and Vösendorf in Austria. Because there were so many birds on the road, […] More
Images: Nicki Coertze/Caters News Well, that’s something you don’t see every day! A pink elephant calf was spotted in a herd in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Believed to be albino, this sweet male was seen playing by the watering hole with the rest of his family. The calf was seen by Nicki Coertze while he […] More
Image: Ianaré Sévi Endangered key deer have a gruesome new problem: They’re infested with invasive screwworms, a species that hasn’t been seen in the United States for over 50 years. Staff at National Key Deer Refuge recently found deer infested with maggots of New World screwworm larvae that had previously been eradicated from the US in […] More
