A baby sea lion recently caused quite a stir when it found its way onto Highway 101 near the Candlestick Point exit in San Francisco. Drivers spotted the little traveler at around 9:45 p.m. and quickly called 911. Within minutes, concerned motorists and officers worked together to guide the pup off the road. Luckily, the […]

Two Bald Eagles Found Tangled In A Tree In Horrifying Predicament
Is this a secret metaphor for America or something? A hiker recently came across two bald eagles tangled with each other and hanging from a tree. Hiker Kerr Will could barely believe his eyes when he came across the two birds locked in an embrace. The two eagles were tangled up with each other in […]

Researchers eye marsupial recovery with first IVF kangaroo embryo
Researchers in Australia have successfully created the first kangaroo embryo using in vitro fertilization, or IVF, according to a new study. The team from the University of Queensland used IVF to produce an embryo of the eastern gray kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). Researchers say they hope to use the information they’ve gathered to help with the […]

Vicuña poop creates biodiversity hotspots as glaciers retreat rapidly
The vicuña‘s social habit of pooping in the same place could help Andean ecosystems adapt as glaciers rapidly retreat due to climate change. Researchers found that communal loos for vicuñas (Lama vicugna), a wild camelid relative of the llama, in barren and recently deglaciated areas in the high Andes in southeastern Peru are packed full […]

Bear attack crisis hits Japan as government brings in emergency measures allowing people to shoot them after surge in dangerous encounters
The Japanese government will now allow hunters to shoot bears in populated areas after dangerous human encounters with the wild animals hit record levels. The revised wildlife protection and management law, which was approved by the cabinet Friday, allows ’emergency shootings’ following complaints that hunters were hampered by red tape. The environment ministry hopes to […]

Four seals die on Norfolk coast after contracting bird flu
Experts have raised fears for the seals at England’s largest colony after four were found to have died after having been infected with bird flu. Government scientists are investigating to find out whether the seals died after scavenging from the corpses of infected birds. Four seals on the north Norfolk coast were found dead on […]

New study finds deer hunting can help keep chronic wasting disease in check
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Hunting greater numbers of male deer can slow the spread of chronic wasting disease, a lethal wildlife disease, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Chronic wasting disease is caused by a misfolded protein called a prion, and infection leads to neurological […]

Woman has both hands bitten off by shark during close up photography opportunity
Some people will do anything for the perfect shot, and a woman has reportedly lost both her hands while attempting to take close-up photographs of a shark. A Canadian woman in her 50s was attempting to take photographs of the shark in the shallow waters off Blue Hills beach on Provinciales, the main island in […]