After 17 years underground, vast army of cicadas set to emerge

Some 17 years after making their last appearance, a vast army of cicadas is set to emerge from underground in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.

Experts find bones of dozens of mammoths in Mexico City

Archaeologists have found the bones of about 60 mammoths at an airport under construction just north of Mexico City, near human-built ’traps’ where more than a dozen mammoths were found last year.

A loon killed a bald eagle by stabbing its heart, biologist says

Wildlife officials say a bald eagle died last year in Maine after being stabbed through the heart by a loon. The evidence showed no gun residue but indicated that the big bird had been stabbed through the heart by the beak of a loon.

Rabbits are facing their own deadly virus outbreak which threatens to decimate the population

As humans deal with the devastation of the novel coronavirus, an outbreak among wildlife has occurred in the U.S. which threatens the wild and domestic rabbit population along with their environments. 

'Ultra rare' metallic blue bee spotted in Florida

Researchers in Florida have rediscovered an “ultra-rare” metallic blue bee that hadn’t been spotted in years – so long that experts weren’t sure it still existed.

Endangered pygmy hippo born at San Diego Zoo for first time in 30 years

The San Diego Zoo has announced the first successful birth of an endangered pygmy hippopotamus at the zoo in more than three decades.

Adult kangaroos greet orphaned babies at Australian animal sanctuary

Sasha and Pimba, two resident kangaroos at the Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs, Central Australia, were not shy when greeting a pair of orphaned babied.

Deer captured after eluding police for several hours in East Harlem

A deer is in the care of Animal Care and Control after eluding police for several hours in East Harlem early Thursday morning. 

9-year-old catches 80-pound sturgeon

A nine-year-old boy in Tennessee became the third child in his family to catch a monster fish, reeling in an 80-pound sturgeon that outweighed him by far.

Pandemic upends life on isolated Galapagos Islands

Before the coronavirus, sudden life-threatening ailments among tourists, fishermen and others on the Galapagos Islands were considered so rare that hospitals didn’t have a single intensive care unit bed.