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Buy Your Giant Snakes While They're Still Affordable

Wired reports that the government is considering a ban on the import of Burmese pythons and eight other “injurious species” of snake, because loser pet owners in Florida keep releasing them into the...

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BP Is Working Very Hard To Keep Reporters Away From Dead Marine Animals

According to a BP contractor who took a few reporters on a secret tour of the oil-soaked dead wildlife of the Gulf Coast, the company’s post-oil-spill logic makes perfect sense. Keep reporters and...

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Government Wipes Out Geese Population In Brooklyn To Ensure Airplane Safety

In what has come to be known as “Sully’s Revenge” (by me, just now), wildlife biologists herded about 400 geese from Brooklyn’s ginormous Prospect Park into cages last week, then “took them to a nearby...

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Restaurant Drives Away Dumpster-Diving Bear With Spike Strips

(CBS Denver)Vandals kept moving the dumpsters behind a Colorado Springs restaurant and rifling through the trash, so the owners set up surveillance cameras to catch the culprits. The vandals turned out...

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Deer Wanders Into Frozen Yogurt Shop, Does $5,000 In Damage

Frozen yogurt is currently quite trendy, but we didn’t know that word had spread to wildlife. Yet a deer psuhed through the swinging door of a Peachwave shop in New Jersey last month and had an...

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Dumpster Diving Bear Cub Rescued After Getting Cookie Jar Stuck On Its Head

(New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection)While the relationship between Mother Nature and the Human World might be getting a bit too cozy, turning wild animals into bargoers and birthday...

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DEA Agent Says Legalizing Medical Marijuana In Utah Will Lead To Stoned Rabbits

(frankieleon.)There are many arguments for and against using marijuana legally in this country, whether for medical use or for fun, but one drug enforcement official’s reason for his stance against...

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“Stressed Out” Badger Prevents Staff And Guests From Entering, Leaving Luxury...

(Expressen TV)Guests and staff at a luxury hotel in Stockholm found themselves at the whim of one erratic badger, whose aggressive stance kept anyone from either entering or leaving the place for some...

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TSA Busts Passenger Allegedly Trying To Fly With Bear Paws In His Luggage

(zieak)We’ve heard many a tale of travelers accused of trying to move things they shouldn’t through the air in their luggage, attempts that are often thwarted by the Transportation Security...

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Beaver Wanders Into A Lowe’s Store, Finds Nothing Useful

(Mike Mozart)If you find a trip to your local home-improvement superstore daunting and stressful, imagine being a young adult beaver preparing to build your first home. One of the rodents wandered into...

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Park Service: To Avoid Risk Of Animal Attack, Stop Trying To Get Up Close &...

It’s that time of year again: the weather is nice, and our nation’s parks are full of visitors who want to check out all that nature has to offer. But yet again the National Park Service finds itself...

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Woman Killed After Trying To Save Daughter From Tiger Attack At Chinese...

While there are many opportunities for us humans to brush up against wildlife, there’s always the risk of getting too close to nature. A recent tragic incident at a drive-through wildlife park in China...

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Monkey Gets Loose In Walmart Parking Lot, Throws Down With Employee

What happens when a monkey gets loose in a Walmart parking lot and jumps a store employee? Someone catches the whole thing on video, that’s what happens, and the Internet goes crazy. The rumble far...

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NYC Giving 50K Oysters A New Home On Underwater Beds Made From Old Toilets

In an effort to improve the water quality in the New York City area and protect wetlands, 50,000 oysters are getting a new home in Jamaica Bay near the city: on porcelain beds made out of recycled...

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TripAdvisor No Longer Selling Tickets To Hundreds Of Animal Attractions

While experiencing wildlife up close may be a huge draw for some travelers, one of the world’s largest travel websites won’t be selling tickets to hundreds of attractions where humans come into contact...

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Bargain-Hunting Beavers: 17 Times Animals Went Shopping In Human Stores

Does it make you giggle to think about a beaver going Christmas shopping at a dollar store? If so, you’ll be even more tickled to know this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about an animal waltzing...

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United Airlines Investigating After Giant Rabbit Dies During Flight

If you have a soft spot in your heart for animals, you might want to pass on this one: United Airlines is investigating the death of a giant rabbit that had been stowed in the cargo hold of a flight...

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Bear Who Ripped Bumper Off Doughnut Delivery Car Is All Of Us

If you’ve ever felt so hungry and angry at the same time — otherwise known as “hangry” — that you will do just about anything to get your hands on something to eat, perhaps you can commiserate with a...

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Here’s What To Do With Gators Displaced By Hurricane Flooding

With Hurricane Harvey barreling toward the coast of Texas, the state’s residents have no doubt been busy preparing for any havoc the storm may wreak, including extreme flooding. But beyond the...

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