The Asiatic cheetah once roamed open lands from India to the Middle East, but today only an estimated 40 individuals remain — making them one of the most endangered big cat subspecies on the planet. The stunning cheetahs now exist only in remote areas of Iran; the rest have been wiped out by relentless hunting, […] More
Talk about an unexpected event: A grizzly bear was documented pursuing and capturing a young cow along a winding road in Wyoming. The wild moment was caught on camera by an outdoorsman on his way to a fishing trip in Crandall, Wyoming, a town near Yellowstone National Park. The video shows the bear chasing the […] More
Meet the world’s most dangerous bear: it battles tigers, hangs out with leopards, and attacks more humans than any of its ursine brethren. Oh, and it recently escaped from centuries of slavery. This is the story of India’s sloth bear, and it’s anything but slow. Of the eight bear species in the world, the sloth […]
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Millions of years ago in East Africa, gruesome predators hunted our human ancestors on land and in the water. A new study published by researchers at the University of Iowa announced the discovery of two ancient species of giant dwarf crocodile that roamed the African continent between 15 and 18 million years ago. “Giant dwarf” […] More
Deep within the Congo, a horrific story is unfolding: the dark, illegal, and cruel exotic pet trade is motivating poachers to rip chimp families apart, slaughtering innocent victims one by one. One chimp has survived a recent attack. A tiny, resilient baby chimp named Bunia–injured and traumatized by watching her entire family killed for bushmeat–has […] More
You might associate deer with kid-friendly animated movies like Bambi — but after seeing this video, you might sooner think of action movies like Rambo. The scene starts out peacefully enough. We see a lush green field surrounded by trees on a calm, sunny day when suddenly, a hawk rockets down from the sky toward […] More
An extremely rare lobster was plucked out of the big blue, and it’s probably the fanciest crustacean you’ll ever see. Dubbed “Haddie,” the cotton candy-colored lobster was caught in by a lobsterman in Casco Bay, Maine. Most lobsters are reddish-brown in color, but this particular female was adorned in an iridescent blue and pink shell. […] More
A brave dog was captured on video holding its ground against a pack of wolves. The footage, documented by Abruzzo local Paolo Forconi in southern Italy, shows three tenacious wolves nipping at the pup’s heels as it looks for an escape along a barbed wire fence. The canine — likely a livestock guardian or working […] More
Yes, rainbow pythons do exist. An insanely beautiful reticulated python at California’s Reptile Zoo went viral on social media recently, with reptile enthusiasts going crazy over the snake’s iridescent “rainbow” scales. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Reptile Zoo (@thereptilezoo) The python, named MyLove, was shown on a video […] More
Well, that’s not something you see everyday. A video of a crab in hot pursuit of a — we must say, tenacious crab — surfaced recently. The clip shows a large octopus circling a frantic crab at the water’s surface, repeatedly reaching its arms out to snag it. The agile crab manages to escape the […] More
Don’t you just hate when you wake up to a dying elk on your porch? Charles Zelenka, a long-time Glenwood Springs resident, woke up at 2AM one January morning to a loud banging outside his house. This sort of thing happened from time to time, as wildlife tend to make themselves at home on his […] More
Recently, reports surfaced that a man was swallowed by a feeding whale. The unusual event made many scratch their heads and wonder, “Could you actually be swallowed by a whale?” You’ll be relieved to know that no, you can’t actually be swallowed be a whale — but you could end up in the mouth of […] More
