Baby elephant dies after losing half her trunk in trap

November 18, 2021

A rare baby elephant in Indonesia’s Sumatra island has after losing half her trunk to a trap set by poachers who prey on the…

Invasive wild boars are being spotted around a Toronto suburb

November 17, 2021

A growing number of Eurasian wild boars running loose around the Toronto suburb of Pickering is prompting officials to launch a search and capture…

Three snow leopards die of COVID-19 at Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska

November 15, 2021

Three snow leopards at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska have died from complications of COVID-19 a month after testing positive for the virus….

Extremely rare and endangered black-footed ferret found rummaging around Colorado garage

November 14, 2021

It’s considered among North America’s most endangered mammals, if not the rarest such creature on the continent, yet a black-footed ferret recently made its…

Walrus has made herself at home on a Dutch submarine far from the Arctic

November 10, 2021

The Royal Netherlands Navy really does have a Walrus-class submarine. Officials have been documenting the escapades of a female walrus that has been hanging…

Even bigger megalodon shark tooth found in Chile

November 8, 2021

Remains of the extinct megalodon shark, including its enormous teeth, were found in the Atacama desert, near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, in…

Holy Grail of shark tooth found in Florida

November 8, 2021

Michael Nastasio has been diving for ten years off the shores of beaches in Venice, Florida and two weeks ago, after a decade of…

First recorded instance of a polar bear hunting a reindeer caught on video

November 6, 2021

Polar bears are known to prey on seals, but researchers have captured footage of one swimming after — and ultimately drowning — a reindeer…

What did the moose say? Listen here and you’ll finally know

November 1, 2021

With apologies to Ylvis, now we finally do know what the moose says all thanks to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The department posted incredible…

Tuskless elephants becoming more common as an evolutionary response to poaching

November 1, 2021

From 1977 to 1992, the Mozambican Civil War ravaged the park with opposing combatants poaching elephants for ivory and meat. The conflict saw a…