VIDEO: Teenager fends off bear to save her dogs in California
A new viral video shows the moment a Bradbury teenager fended off a large bear in order to save her dogs.
Alligator causes traffic jam on Florida road
An alligator recently brought traffic to a standstill in a South Florida community.
FWC investigating after decapitated alligator found along Manatee County road
Whether someone killed the alligator without a license, or just found the gator dead and took its head as a trophy, it is illegal either way.
‘Surprise, surprise’: Fisherman catches alligator in SC saltwater marsh
Captin Robert Birchmeier was fishing for flounder and instead caught something way bigger and with way more teeth.
Feral hogs tear up lawns in Orange County, concerning neighbors
A suburb of Orlando has gone hog wild. A team of feral pigs has taken over Beacon Park, south of Orlando International Airport.
Attracted to taxidermy, mountain lion shatters window to enter San Bruno home
Now that you've digested that headline, San Bruno police issued a press release about a mountain lion who apparently broke through a glass window to enter a home.
Georgia sheriff: Loud buzz is Brood X cicadas, not alarms
A Georgia sheriff says people in his county have been confusing a buzzy bug's mating call with a loud alarm.
Thousands of cannonball jellyfish invade Georgia's Tybee Island
Jodi Moody was on a walk along the north end of Tybee Island when she spotted what she called a "jellyfish jamboree."
Canadian police capture footage of cat chasing coyote away
Police in Port Moody captured footage of a cat that was in no mood to be bothered by a pesky coyote.
Alligator 'arrested' by deputies after 'suspicious activity' reported in backyard
"You call, we come," that's what Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said in a new video posted by the sheriff's office.
Rare albino deer spotted swimming in Lake Poygan in Wisconsin
A deer duo, including a rare albino, swam across Lake Poygan in Winneconne, Wisconsin, on Friday, May 21.
‘Hands off’: Researcher says human interaction is one of the biggest threats to manatees
Researchers are asking people to leave manatees alone after several drone videos showed beachgoers touching, petting and even trying to ride the animals.
Roaming mountain lion released from Oakland Zoo to South Bay wilderness
A mountain lion that had been roaming around the residential streets of San Francisco was released this week into the wild, Oakland Zoo officials said Friday.
‘Sneaky’ school of stingrays swims around oblivious fisherman off St. Pete Beach
An angler fishing off a St. Petersburg Beach was completely unaware that a school of cownose rays, known as a “fever,” were swimming around him
White dolphin spotted swimming off California coast
A white Risso's dolphin was spotted Friday by a group of whale watchers off the Southern California coastline.
Hundreds in Alameda line up for blooming ‘corpse flower’
“I grabbed my wagon, went down to my greenhouse, put it in with the help of a friend of mine, dragged it down here to this abandoned building and people just started showing up,” said nursery owner Solomon Leyva.
PHOTOS: Florida diver comes face-to-face with massive bull shark
“A fish had grabbed the chunk of bait and run toward me for cover, before getting scared and dropping the chunk. This set me up for a shot that’s even too close for my 20mm lens.”
Serious monkey business: Researchers find origins of Florida colony
A colony of monkeys has lived for about 70 years in urban South Florida, near jets taking off from a nearby airport and fuel storage tanks. No one was quite sure where they came from -- until now.
Mountain lion spotted roaming residential streets of San Francisco
People who live in the Bernal Heights and Portola areas of San Francisco are being warned about a mountain lion that is roaming the area.
Brood X: Billions of cicadas prepare to emerge in Georgia
When the entire brood emerges, backyards can look like undulating waves, and the bug chorus is lawnmower loud.