We’ve all had those moments when a hike just doesn’t go as planned. A pair of Irish hikers reached a supposedly scenic viewpoint after hiking for hours, and they were a bit underwhelmed. But they didn’t let the disappointing view spoil their fun. In fact, the two made a TikTok Leer más
Some animals get aggressive when they wind up in a place they’re not supposed to be. Not this one. A black bear in Colorado found its way to a renaissance fair and set up camp beneath a honeycomb shop—probably for the free smells. Officials say it appeared to have no Leer más
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