A woman was killed in an attack by grizzly bears close to Yellowstone National Park, less than a week since officials warned of the possibility that the animals have been observed in areas that typically don’t appear. The body of…
A shark swam in the shallows close to the beach located in South Carolina has bitten a man in an unprovoked attack. The man, who was not identified, was in water only two to three inches (0.6 to 0.9 meters)…
A bear had been asleep in a strange place. It was the nest of an eagle with a bald head. Researchers spotted the sleeping bear as they surveyed nests of eagles at the military base in Alaska. Black bears ( Ursus americanus) are…
New research suggests that the Buddhist ritual has resulted in an all-you-can-eat buffet for otters that live near rivers on the Tibetan Plateau. “Fangsheng,” meaning life release, is a religious practice of releasing and saving animals that were to be…
A tiny whale that lived for 41 millennia ago in Egypt was young and the smallest of its kind. This led researchers to name it in honor of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, who died at 18. The species was named Tutcetus…
There has been no measurement of Cassius since the year 2011, in which year this saltwater giant gave the Guinness World Record for the most enormous living crocodile ever in the wild. Cassius may be more significant than we imagined. (Image…
Scientists have discovered that a fish from the dinosaur era appears to have died due to getting eyes too big for its stomach and then ingesting an enormous shell. As they said, the fish could have swallowed it to death, or the…
A grocery store in Austria was shut down following an alleged sighting of a Brazilian walking web spider ( Phoneutria nigriventer). This bite can trigger an erection lasting for several hours. (Image source Anton Sorokin/Alamy) A store in Austria was closed due to reports…
Nearly 300 fur seals from the northern region and Steller sea lions were discovered dead in a mysterious mass death on a tiny island uninhabited in Siberia. Tyuleniy Island, also known as the ‘Island of Seals,’ is situated within the…
The prehistoric predator, named by scientists Venetorapter gassenae, was also equipped with a massive beak and probably used its claws to climb trees and tear prey pieces apart. A reptile from the past with huge hands and claws resembling swords…
