3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (265+ words) Police were called to a Polish beach after reports that a woman had gone into the water with two snakes hanging around her neck. Officers found no misunderstanding, but a public safety concern that also raised questions about animal welfare....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (524+ words) "If there are maggots, that can indicate a more serious issue." According to the Reddit post, the animal showed no obvious distress: "The groundhog seems active and healthy, but didn't seem bothered by the swarm of flies on her." By…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (498+ words) What began as an effort to catch rats in a Rajasthan home turned into a far more serious encounter. When the family checked a rat trap placed near a cupboard, the cage in their Semla village house contained a black…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (368+ words) "Could've played left tackle on Creek High's football team." A 10-foot alligator was found in the canal beside Coconut Creek High School in South Florida just three days before class was scheduled to resume. According to WPBF, the gapltor was…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (366+ words) "We're increasing slowly, it looks like." Vancouver Island's largest known bat maternity roost has undergone its first official population check of the season. The results suggest that despite a slight dip from 2025, the colony remains resilient. According to the Comox…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (622+ words) A federal judge has halted a commercial logging plan in southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest after finding that the U.S. Forest Service approved the project before completing a required review of its effects on an endangered bat. The ruling is drawing…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (570+ words) "They can pass right through birds that eat them and then come out unscathed." A tiny invasive snail with the ability to clone itself has been identified at Carter Lake in northern Colorado, posing a new threat to local waterways…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (478+ words) An orphaned polar bear cub from the Churchill area has been moved to Winnipeg after its mother was found dead, leaving the young animal with little chance of surviving on its own. The rescue has placed the cub in expert…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (425+ words) "Once it's gone, it's gone forever." A proposed carbon pipeline in northwest England intended to support cleaner industry could cause serious damage to a local zoo in the process. Chester Zoo says the current proposed route would cut through a…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (349+ words) Adults can unknowingly pass along bits of plastic through regurgitation. Plastic pollution is doing more than piling up in remote ocean waters. New research suggests it may be changing the bodies of southern giant petrel chicks before they are fully…...