Great White shark washes ashore on Long Island

Authorities say the 7-to-8-foot long shark was spotted by a resident before it washed back out to sea.

Virginia man catches 66-pound blue catfish, breaks state record

The fish – which Jason Emmel caught with a bow and arrow in the Pamunkey River on Monday – was 3 feet, 6 inches long. 

An An, the world's oldest male giant panda, dies at age 35

The panda, named An An, lived most of his life at Ocean Park after he and a female panda were gifted to Hong Kong by China in 1999.

Buzz Aldrin’s moon landing jacket could go for $2M at auction

Sotheby’s in New York will put several of Aldrin’s artifacts from the Apollo 11 and Gemini XII missions up for auction.

In Alabama, rare 400-pound spotted eagle ray jumps into boat, gives birth

"She was weighing the boat down," said April Jones of the spotted eagle ray that made a sudden appearance near Dauphin Island, Alabama.

NYC shark sightings:  All Rockaway beaches closed to swimming

A pair of sharks were sighted in the area, prompting the closure of all seven miles of the beachfront to swimmers.

Golfer jumped into pond, tried to save woman being attacked by alligators: 911 calls

A golfer jumped in to try and save a woman after seeing her fall into an alligator-infested pond in a Sarasota County neighborhood last week, but 911 audio reveals he was unable to help and had to retreat.

Shark patrols to increase at Long Island beaches

The state will increase shark patrols and surveillance after a series of shark encounters on Long Island.

US, Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under an agreement announced Friday, and Russian cosmonauts will catch lifts to the International Space Station with SpaceX beginning this fall.

SpaceX sends cargo to space station from growing Florida launch site

Almost 6,000 pounds of cargo and experiments are en route to the space station after a bright Thursday evening launch from Kennedy Space Center.

City council members unveil five-point plan to fight NYC's rat problem

From the beginning of 2022 until late spring, NYC's 311 service request line received over 7,000 calls about rats, up 60 percent from the first four months of 2019.

Long Island beach-goers wary after shark bite incidents

Officials on Long Island say they are preparing for a new reality after a sharp uptick in shark encounters already this summer.