Animals

Researchers find swimmers can hang out close to sharks without getting bitten

7:18am June 08, 2023

Researchers used drones to study close encounters along the Southern California coast. They surveyed 26 beaches for more than a year with no shark bites reported.

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A wolverine was spotted in California. Here's what happens next

6:01pm June 07, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Though unconfirmed, he's thought to be a young creature roaming in search of a partner. Relatable!

Carol Buckley works to coax Mundi into the transport cage that will carry her from the Puerto Rico zoo to Buckley's elephant refuge in Georgia. Buckley, an expert on elephants in captivity, arrived on the island two weeks ahead of the May 12 flight so she'd have time to earn the elephant's trust.

Puerto Rico lost its only elephant — and cracked open a well of emotions

6:01pm June 07, 2023

by Adrian Florido

Mundi the African elephant was the pride of Puerto Rico's only zoo. But her fate became entangled in the island's recent struggles with natural disasters and a debilitating debt crisis.

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Wolverine (the animal, not the X-Man) makes rare appearance in California

4:25pm June 07, 2023

A Wolverine spotted recently seen in Sierra Nevada's is only the second confirmed sighting of the creature in state in the last 100 years. They disappeared from California likely due to hunting.

Yoga can have big health benefits — just ask the elephants at Houston's zoo

5:48am June 07, 2023

The elephants take daily yoga classes. The older ones do yoga twice a day — just to stay limber. One elephant, Tess, is almost 40 and can do handstands.

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Volunteers helped tally terrapin turtles for science

5:07pm June 06, 2023

by Kelly Kenoyer

Scientists are relying more and more on non-scientists to help them gather data. That was the case recently on North Carolina's coast, where volunteers spent a day counting terrapin turtles.

KOUILOU, CONGO: A picture taken 09 February 2005 shows chimpanzees in the Conkouati Douli national park, in the Kouilou region, southeastern Congo Brazzaville. AFP PHOTO DESIREY MINKOH (Photo credit should read DESIREY MINKOH/AFP via Getty Images)

Chimp Empire and the economics of chimpanzees

6:30am June 06, 2023

by Greg Rosalsky

A new Netflix docuseries provides a fascinating picture of humanity's closest living relatives.

Tourists at Yellowstone put newborn elk in a car and head to police station

5:45am June 05, 2023

While others might have snapped a photo and moved on, these tourists drove the elk calf to a police station. It ended up running away. Park officials warn people not to get too close to the animals.

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Clifford Walters, a Hawaii man, pleaded guilty to disturbing wildlife after he tried to help a stranded bison calf reunite with its herd.

Tourist pleads guilty for handling a Yellowstone bison calf, leading to its death

12:05pm June 01, 2023

by Emily Olson

The Hawaii resident was charged with one count of intentionally disturbing wildlife after he tried to help a baby bison return to its herd. Park rangers later had to euthanize the abandoned animal.

You'll need a boat to navigate the flooded forest at this Vermont bird sanctuary

4:35pm May 31, 2023

by Brian Mann

In springtime, a wildlife refuge in northern Vermont is a paradise of migratory birds where you can paddle through flooded maple forests.