Not even the officials could refrain from making cat puns when a mountain lion showed up in the courtyard of a hospital in southern Arizona. Was it a “cat burglar” coming to strip the place of its valuables? Was it there for a CAT scan? One patient at the Tucson Leer más
On Thursday morning, an SUV with five people inside careened off the road in Yellowstone National Park and crashed into a hot, acidic geyser. Everyone survived with non-life-threatening injuries. The vehicle sank under nine feet of hot water before crews pulled it out. In a press release from Yellowstone, park Leer más
Have you ever seen a sea turtle dance? A Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle nesting at North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore showed off its dance moves last month as it buried its eggs with sand. It’s a critically endangered turtle with a very unique method of nest building, making this Leer más
Two lion brothers recently swam farther than any other lion on record. They swam nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) across the Kazinga Channel in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park. A drone recorded the incredible feat, made immensely more incredible when you consider that one of the lions only has three Leer más
An extremely venomous coastal taipan named Cyclone just crushed a venom-yield world record by producing 5.2 grams of raw venom in one try. According to the folks who extracted this venom, that’s enough of the deadly substance to kill 400 people. But the question we’re asking is: What about that Leer más
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Illinois created a funny video that provides important information about ticks. The clever video posted yesterday already has over 13,000 likes on Instagram, and besides making people laugh, it’s also teaching viewers how they can keep themselves safe from these dangerous arachnids (NOT Leer más
A 19-year-old man in Arroyo Grande, California had a mysterious encounter last week while dirt biking. He says a mountain lion jumped from a tree and swatted at him, but officials claim it was a domesticated house cat. So, what happened, and why would officials deny this teen’s claim that Leer más