Summer brings the butterflies back to Chattahoochee Nature Center

It's the most magical time of the year at Roswell's Chattahoochee Nature Center, thanks to the appearance of hundreds of beautiful butterflies.

Dozens of animals killed in fire at Alligator Wildlife Discovery Center in Madeira Beach: ‘It’s devastating’

The owner of the Alligator Wildlife Discovery Center in Madeira Beach is mourning the loss of nearly 40 animals after a fire tore through the facility at Johns Pass in Madeira Beach early Thursday morning. 

Watch: Freaky slime mold pulsates as spores spread in Alaska national park

Slime molds are a collection of single-celled organisms that move together in search of nutrients. They eat bacteria and appear on dead and decaying logs in Glacier Bay's Alaskan rainforest ecosystem during the summer.

Iceland government warns tourists to avoid lava-spewing volcano

Authorities in Iceland have warned tourists and other spectators to stay away from a newly erupting volcano that is spewing lava and noxious gases from a fissure in the country’s southwest.

Rabid beaver bites swimmer at Lake Lanier

A beaver that bit an unidentified female swimming in Lake Lanier over the weekend has just tested positive for rabies. Citizens of Gainesville have been put on alert.

Video shows large shark swimming eerily close to people at Florida beach: 'That sucker came close!'

Swimmers at Navarre Beach in Florida got quite a surprise over the Fouth of July weekend when a large shark was swimming in the ocean alongside them. Video shows people quickly getting out of the water.

E. coli spread keeps tubers from the 'Hooch this Fourth of July

The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper says the sewage treatment plant at the center of the closure of a 15-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee River is still not fixed. He says that millions of gallons of partially treated sewage continue to spew out.

Ohio researchers develop new breed of honeybees to fight parasites

Central State University's breeding program aims to create worker bees with smaller mandibles known as 'Ohio Mite Biters.'

Rabid bobcat attacks 3 Connecticut camp counselors

One of the kids' camp counselors was sleeping in a hammock at the time of the attack, which ended when several adults reportedly killed the rabid animal.

Maine woman, 64, punches bear in nose after it chased her dog

The woman was bitten when she stepped in between her dog and the black bear, which had been chasing her pet – and punched the bear in the nose.

Rare lizard found only in major US oil patch proposed as endangered species

The dunes sagebrush lizard has quite the natural habitat. It's found only in parts of one of the world's most lucrative oil and natural gas basins.

Record-breaking gar caught at Lake Allatoona

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources says a record-breaking gar was caught at Lake Allatoona on June 24 by a man named Caleb McClure.