Animals and Wildlife

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident quickly went viral.

A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard.

Dolly was born in 1968 in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in South Africa. She was one of the first white rhinos at the Knoxville zoo, where she had lived since 1976.

A team of Canadian scientists at CarbonRun discovered two environmental wins with one stone — limestone. Accelerating a natural process through “enhanced rock weathering” helps restore river ecosystems while also offsetting pollution from oil and gas. Climate reporter Chase Cain traveled to Nova Scotia to see how the first-of-its-kind process works.

Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a setback when a federal appeals court reinstated rules meant to protect a dwindling whale species from getting entangled in fishing gear.

A miles-long cluster of dolphins was filmed leaping, gliding and cavorting its way across Carmel Bay on the central coast of California.

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren’t human.

37-year-old Allie is due to give birth to the Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s first bottlenose calf in a decade.

A video captured what appears to be a pair of North Atlantic right whales near Jensen Beach in Martin County, Florida.

A family of North American Black Bears at Woburn Safari Park in Ridgemont, UK explored the lake in their enclosure after it froze over.

A man whose home was destroyed in the Palisades Fire had a tearful reunion with his beloved dog after it ran away amid evacuation orders.

“This was my view this morning when I opened the blinds,” wrote Lisa Hendricks, who shared the cute video of the playful animal.

Firefighters rescued a deer that had gotten stuck in the ice of the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut.

Just ahead of an incoming storm, the adorable primate was reunited with its caretaker after its outdoor adventure.

A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula.

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new calf.

Bird strikes are most likely to occur during takeoff or landing — or during low-altitude flights. Here’s what else to know about the airborne phenomenon.

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote to help decide her name.

The newborn arrived on December 9th at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

The whale, known to the world as Tahlequah, gave birth to her second calf since 2018, when she carried her dead newborn for more than two weeks.