Wildlife

Australia’s mutton glut has sent prices tumbling, and some farmers are compelled to give their sheep away to save costs instead of rearing them on-farm.

The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology recently acquired tens of thousands of reptile and amphibian specimens, including many snakes.

The 61-year-old retired firefighter rescued six baby possums after spotting their mother on the road.

Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes.

Rainstorms battering southern China have killed at least seven people and allowed dozens of crocodiles to escape from a farm.

Over 25 years, the red wolf went from being declared extinct in the wild to becoming hailed as an Endangered Species Act success story. But the only wolf species unique to the United States is once again at the brink.

In a bizarre series of events, a routine lawn-mowing chore turned into a terrifying ordeal for a woman in Silsbee, Texas, after she was attacked by a snake and a hawk at the same time.

A Montana man shot and killed a black bear he encountered in his living room after waking up to the sound of a barking dog in the middle of the night.

An 8-year-old camper is now in stable condition after surviving a cougar attack at Olympic National Park in Washington state on Saturday, officials said.

Nearly 100 pilot whales have stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them.

A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park.

Several animals were killed after a fire broke out at Florida wildlife center early Thursday morning.

A man in Virginia recently came across a seemingly troubled skunk whose head was apparently caught in a plastic cup.

The snail is one of the most invasive pests on the planet, causing agricultural and environmental damage, according to the FDACS.

Several surfers in the Pacific Beach area were all smiles when an unexpected guest crashed their session.

Several surfers in the Pacific Beach area were all smiles when an unexpected guest crashed their session.

A Florida homeowner got a big surprised when they found a 10-foot crocodile in their swimming pool.

Environment officials in Connecticut killed a moose Friday after it wandered onto the grounds at a Connecticut airport.

Multiple agencies came out to chase and capture a black bear in Northeast D.C.

Against all odds, the remaining handful of Mexico’s endangered vaquita porpoises are holding on in their only habitat in the Gulf of California.