Woman tries to remove alligator from Louisiana highway

Some tense moments between a small, territorial alligator and a Louisiana woman were caught on camera.

Hunting, poaching led to 30% reduction in Wisconsin gray wolves, study says

Poaching and a hunt in February that exceeded kill quotas led to an estimated 30% reduction of Wisconsin’s gray wolves, according to a new study.

Jeff Bezos picks female aerospace pioneer for voyage to outer space

Wally Funk will be aboard the July 20 launch from West Texas. She is among the so-called Mercury 13 women who went through astronaut training in the 1960s, but never made it to space.

Flurry of mountain lion sightings in Petaluma neighborhoods

With numerous mountain lion sightings all over the Bay Area this summer, wildlife officers say this is the time of year they migrate searching for food and water. They may be wandering further than usual due to the drought and a shrinking deer population.

SpaceX launches 88 satellites in 1 shot; booster nails Florida landing

A Falcon 9 rocket making its eighth flight hoisted dozens of satellites into space Wednesday afternoon, then roared back to Earth and landed softly just down the coast from its launch pad.

Bald eagle that survived Texas Winter Storm finds home at Houston Zoo

Bald Eagles are certainly majestic creatures, and one of them has found a new home in Houston after surviving a serious injury during Texas' Winter Storm.

Home builders fined $18K for destroying dozens of Joshua trees

The home builders dug up and destroyed 32 Joshua trees on the property that they own in San Bernardino County to make room for a house they want to build there.

Georgia awarded grant to help grow and save 14 rare plants

Georgia is getting a federal grant of over $750,000 to try to save 14 rare plant species found in the state.

Tide develops 1st detergent for astronauts in space, NASA

Tide announced it is developing a laundry detergent solution for NASA astronauts onboard the International Space Station.

Florida company selling tickets for 'space balloon' rides

Florida-based Space Perspective wants to send you on a luxury trip that promises spectacular views of Earth and the stars.

Mysterious illness in birds causes death, blindness in Ohio, Northeast

A mysterious illness in birds has caused severe diseases including crusted-over eyes, blindness, neurological issues and even death in Ohio and sections of the Northeast.

Subway’s tuna sandwiches found to contain no tuna fish DNA, lab tests find following lawsuit

The lab determined two potential reasons why no tuna was detected in the sample, saying, "One it’s so heavily processed that whatever we could pull out, we couldn’t make an identification … Or we got some and there’s just nothing there that’s tuna."

'Mega comet' discovered flying into solar system: scientists

According to scientists on social media, the hunk of rock and ice will approach as close as Saturn's orbit in the next decade.

250 gators removed from Walt Disney World since boy died in 2016 attack

Wildlife officials have removed 250 alligators from Disney properties in the five years since a 2-year-old boy was killed by an alligator at the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Video: Alligator crosses street trying to escape flock of cranes

A drive to the store turned into a viral sensation for a St. Cloud couple. Mallery Neptune and her husband Frentz Neptune were on their way to Hobby Lobby Monday when they came across an odd situation on Lakeshore Boulevard in Saint Cloud: an alligator being followed by three cranes.