Animal

Worried about a Cascadia earthquake, a nuclear war or about climate change? Phffft! Asian longhorned ticks - sometimes called “clone ticks” because they can reproduce without mating...

Dead fish and bourbon began to enter the Ohio River on Monday due to the runoff from last week's Jim Beam warehouse fire. The “alcohol plume” from the...

Millions of animals dead, a disease devastating entire populations in multiple states, and no cure or treatment in sight. That’s the reality of white nose syndrome, a disease...

More than 500 rodents have plummeted to their deaths in just three days in the Dutch city of Hommerts. But no one knows why.

If you’re out taking a walk in Alabama this summer and you hear a strange droning hum, we suggest you quickly head in the other direction. Hoards of yellow jacket...

A wildlife park in Florida is now home to one of the rarest batch of alligator eggs in history. Its two albino alligators, Snowflake and Blizzard, have produced...

A mother from Colorado has shared a warning on Facebook after her daughter suffered a rare form of tick paralysis following an overnight camping trip. Heidi Ganahl's daughter...

Around the ruins and dense rainforest of a mysterious "lost city" in Honduras, researchers have discovered a treasure trove of biodiversity, including numerous species once thought to be extinct and others previously unknown to...

Scientists have limited knowledge of giant squids, the mysterious monsters of the sea. Imagine the excitement when they filmed the first giant squid in US waters.

The buzz about honey bees isn't good. This winter has seen one of the biggest honey bee die-offs in the US on record, with 37 percent of managed honey...

The summer solstice, which marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, happens today, June 21 at 11:54 a.m. EDT (3:54 p.m. GMT). Now, how...

There is a Texan alligator swimming around with a knife in its head. The very bizarre sight was spotted by at least two witnesses in and around Pumpkin Lake...

A terrifying fly apocalypse currently hits two villages in Russia's Sverdlovsk region. Piles of dead and near-dead flies cover floors, tables and other surfaces in villagers' homes. Meanwhile,...

That's the stuff of nightmares! Husband and wife stumble across a giant huntsman spider eating an entire pigmey possum hanging from the wall. Huge...

So many gray whale carcasses have washed up this year along the Washington State coast that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries is asking state waterfront landowners to allow dead gray...

A deadly pig virus, the “pig Ebola,” is spreading uncontrollably across huge swathes of the world in what’s become the biggest animal disease outbreak the planet has ever faced.

Millions of locusts have invaded the Italian island of Sardinia, seriously affecting farmers' livestock and crop production in the worst insect invasion in more than 60 years. The biblical plague...

The North Carolina State Parks and Recreation have posted some pictures on their Facebook page showing a common snake with quite the uncommon behavior. When threatened, the hog-nose...

Even if plants are going extinct at rates faster than amphibians, mammals and birds combined, maybe you've noticed, but plants outnumber us! If they ever get a taste for eating animals, we...

The California Horse Racing Board asked Santa Anita to suspend racing for the six remaining race days of its season, which began Dec. 26 and ends June 23.

A California ladybug swarm was so big it showed up on a radar as a 80-mile-long bloom. The San Diego branch of the National Weather Service tweeted that a large...

At least 70 dead or dying gray whales have stranded on the West Coast this year. The number is so high the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared it...

Conservationists have reacted with outrage and concern to a decision by Botswana to lift its ban on elephant hunting. The southern African country said the move was justified by an increase in population and...

A sudden surge in algae has killed at least eight million salmon in one week across Norwegian fish farms, the state-owned Norwegian Seafood Council has said. Similar algal blooms have been reported on the west coast...

Rat-infested piles of rotting garbage left uncollected by the city of Los Angeles, even after promises to clean it up, are fueling concerns about a new epidemic after last year's record number...

A disabled dog named Ping Pong has become the pride of his village in north-east Thailand, after rescuing a baby boy who had been buried alive by his teenage mother. Ping Pong alerted...

Many of the sharks were found to have their fins missing – sparking fears they may have been cut off before the fish were tossed back into the sea. Some fishermen have...

The warning about "zombie raccoons" may sound like something out of a bad television show, but a suburban Chicago police department says they present serious dangers to family pets. The critters are called...

I have never seen something like that! And I bet it's the same for those driving in their cars and filming this insect apocalypse swarming Yanbu al-Nakheel in the Al Madinah Province of western Saudi...

A collision involving a tanker and two barges on Friday dumped some 9,000 barrels of fuel into the channel. A fish kill was discovered on Sunday. Officials warned people not to eat...

At least 300 rare Himalayan yaks have died of starvation in the high mountains in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, close to the border with China, authorities said Saturday.

No, they aren't some genetic experiment gone wrong, just the usual swarm that splatters its way through the Space Coast twice a year. They don't belong. But they aren't going away.

Dead fish, up to two feet, are washing up on Kent beaches after the sea turned orange — leading to fears the area is toxic. Environment Agency chiefs are analysing the liquid,...

A few weeks after Iran, swarms of locusts are currently invading southern Saudi Arabia, near Najran, darkening the skies and adding a thick layer of insects to trees. Just like something out...

A locust outbreak in the Arabian peninsula has been spreading to Iran, threatening crops and food security in large areas of the coastal province of Hormozgan, an official said. Director of a...

Nebraska has been destroyed by dramatic floods in March 2019 and is still counting its losses. Meanwhile, Stephanie Roan Bastean, a woman living in Henderson is helping the wildlife, living around her...

Heavy storms continually recurred throughout Iraq during the period from 24-March to 2-April when severe weather finally eased, damaging buildings, homes, businesses and leaving thousands of people homeless. Similarly, tons of rain...

Outrage is sparking worldwide as news of the recently discovered Russian “whale jail” continues to spread. Activists and concerned authorities from around the world are now putting pressure on the Russian government...

Alligators were dropped to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in February 2019 for the first-ever experiment on what eats reptiles in the world’s deep oceans.

The Australian and Queensland Governments have quietly begun funding feasibility studies looking into manipulation of oceanic and atmospheric conditions to cool down the waters around the Great Barrier Reef. These so-called geoengineering...