Wild Nature

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed adding giraffes to the endangered species list.

Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species in Cuba that is bigger and hairier than other spiders in its genus.

“This response demonstrates the deep connection we all share with our marine environment," Joel Lauterbach, a Department of Conservation spokesperson, said in a statement.

The emperor penguin, dubbed Gus, had somehow swam over 2,000 miles from his icy home and was found on a sun-drenched beach in Denmark, Western Australia, earlier this month.

Shop workers unloading a supply of Christmas trees in Hawaii found an unexpected visitor hiding within the shipment.

A shocking discovery in New York state – an alligator in a creek!

A lone emperor penguin was found malnourished on a popular beach after making the shocking 2,200 mile swim from Antarctica to Australia.

The penguin, found malnourished far from its Antarctic home, is being cared for by a wildlife expert.

Officials in South Carolina have recaptured over half of the 43 Rhesus macaques that escaped from the Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee last week.

An invasive species of freshwater mussel never-before-seen in the United States was found in California. 

Popocatépetl is Mexico’s most active volcano and has been erupting for decades about 45 miles southeast of Mexico City.

Several small earthquakes have been detected around Mt. Spurr this past week, prompting the Alaska Volcano Observatory to raise the volcano's alert level to "yellow" from the base green.

The makeshift goldfish pond in Bed-Stuy, a social media sensation, is no more after a FDNY fire hydrant inspection. But residents say they're already working to bring it back.

It's like something out of a movie: Video shows two birds perched on a dying cottonwood tree in Colorado. Suddenly, the nest explodes and both birds are knocked unconscious.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it’s ‘certainly lucky we didn’t have a fatality’ in Lake City.

The NYPD found a snake in a bag in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon.