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Wildlife officers in Colorado announced they were finally able to track down a bull elk and remove a tire that had been around the animal’s neck for at least two years. Officials said the 4-and-a-half-year-old animal was first spotted about two years ago with the tire around its neck, but they had never…

The tree selected to stand in New York’s Rockefeller Center for the 2020 Christmas season came with an unexpected guest. An employee of the company that secured and transported the tree spotted a little owl in the tree. He put it in a box and called his wife, who checked with a local wildlife center.…

A wildlife camera in California captured footage of a mother bald eagle keeping her eggs warm while covered in several inches of snow. The Nest Cam in Big Bear was set up by a wildlife group can shows a bald eagle, nicknamed Jackie covered in three or four inches of fresh snow as she tended to her eggs.…

Professional illusionist Jackson Rayne took the stage at a Wildlife Park in Georgia and set a new world record by escaping from straightjackets 300 times in eight hours. Rayne was trying to beat the earlier record of 193 escapes which was set by a British man in 2003. Rayne said the feat was done by…

British authorities said a royal tradition of counting swans along the River Thames was cancelled in 2020 due to coronavirus fears. The so-called Swan Upping usually involves measuring, weighing, and checking swans and is considered a royal affair because Queen Elizabeth II owns all unmarked swans according…

An Irish wildlife park said a pair of giant pelicans that flew out of their enclosure last summer returned home several months later. The Fota Wildlife Park said the great white pelicans flew to freedom despite having their wings clipped to prevent their escape. After 21 weeks on the loose, they returned…

CHANGE Biologists and caretakers still living within the borders of Yosemite National Park said the pandemic quarantine has changed the ways wildlife behave. Ranger Katie, a biologist who has worked with bears for more than ten years, said the animals normally have to pick through little corridors to…

Liang Feng’en was a famous hunter in the Heilongjiang province, China (bordering Russia). "Good hunters enjoyed respect and were even idolized," Liang said. In 1998 China implemented strict environmental protection measures, and in 2000 the Worldwide Fund for Nature's China Office asked him to join their…

Authorities in eastern Tennessee spent time searching for a tiger in the vicinity of Knoxville. A sheriff’s office spokesperson they received unconfirmed tiger sightings one evening in the eastern part of Knox County, and a deputy dispatched to the area also spotted the animal. They said it quickly disappeared…

A wildlife photographer on safari on the island of Borneo captured a unique picture that appears to show a wild orangutan offering a helping hand to a park warden. Anil Prabhakar and some friends were being guided through a sanctuary for endangered animals, when the warden leading them went ahead to…

Things are not always what they appear to be. A concerned Illinois citizen found a “cute puppy” on the side of the road and brought it to the Bartlett, IL police department. It wasn’t a domesticated animal after all, it was a dehydrated coyote pup. The wildlife specialists at Willbrook Wildlife Center…

A stray dog is being called a hero after a passing motorist found the dog protecting a litter of kitten on a cold Canadian night. Authorities said the driver spotted the dog, named Serenity, curled up on the side of the road. When he stopped to check he found the dog curled up around five newborn kittens.…

A video released by a wildlife park in North Carolina showed how alligators survive extremely cold weather. The video showed alligators frozen in ice with only their snout and a few teeth protruding from the ice. Wildlife experts said the animals get their snouts about water and allow themselves to be…

Twenty-two year old Niels Jenson encountered a 15’ crocodile in a wildlife park in Northern Australia, but didn’t run away. Instead, he waited for the reptile to finish eating and straddled the animal so he could get a photo riding the crocodile. —Jim L. Wilson https://news.sky.com/story/reckless-tourist-filmed-sitting-on-5m-long-crocodile-in-australia-11508454…

Claudia Ackley lives in Crestline, California. She has sued the state of California to compel it to admit the existence of Bigfoot. She says she has encountered three Sasquatches while hiking in the local forest. In her lawsuit she argues that the state Department of Fish and Wildlife had a duty to acknowledge…

A study by University of Arizona behavioral ecologist Jennifer Verdolin has found that prairie dogs, which are found across the central and western United States, rely on social networks to outwit predators, find food, and protect one another. Verdolin has studied the rodents for nearly two decades and…

A tropical bird found in England may have logged the most air miles in the history of aviation. Wildlife officials say the red-footed booby, a native to the Caribbean, was found on a beach in southern England. The bird was 5,000 miles from its native habitat and was the first reported sighting in Britain.…

The growth of social media has created an increase of self-portraits or “selfies.” Google estimates that millions of selfies are taken every day, and the majority of them are taken by women. A Mashable report said that there were more selfie related deaths than shark-related deaths in 2015. Samuel Jay,…

Marv Hoyt, the former Idaho director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition was an outspoken wildlife advocate, who has been critical of the mining industries practice of generating pollution that kills sheep and cattle. Hoyt is the former director, because he was forced to resign in the wake of poaching…

Sources estimate 4.5 trillion cigarette butts find their way into the environment every year. These discards not create an eyesore, they also contain toxic chemicals that can kill fish, and injure wildlife. Researchers in China now report they may have found a constructive use for the unwanted items.…

Hunter could pay "deerly" Randolph Scott Stidham was so proud. of shooting an enormous deer he drove it around Jackson, Ky., in the back of his pickup to show it off to friends. But he had actually bagged .one of 1,300 protected elk that wildlife officials have restored to the state's Appalachian moun­tains.…

WARNING The devastating tsunamis that struck the nations around the Indian Ocean resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Fifteen feet high waves flooded towns and villages on Sri Lanka's southern, eastern, and northern coasts. Though the death toll is stunning, wildfire officials in Sri…

Flatlanders Growing up on the plains of West Texas is pretty much the same one place as it is another. The land is flat-everywhere. No hills, mesas or mountains, just flat land. The folks that live out there have learned that if you add a little water to the flat land, it makes a pretty good place to…

As the Coast Guard ended its search for three missing football players whose boat tipped over in high Florida seas, the lone survivor said two of those lost gave up after hours in the frigid water and the third tried to swim to safety. South Florida player Nick Schuyler told investigators that all four…

British Man Trampled to Death by Elephant While on Honeymoon in Kenya Monday, October 02, 2006 NAIROBI, Kenya — An elephant has trampled and killed a British tourist on his honeymoon in Kenya, officials said Monday. The man, who was not immediately identified, was killed in front of his wife in the Masai…