LA's Natural History Museum wants help naming its new dinosaur
You read that right, green bones. The 75-foot skeleton is coming to the Natural History Museum in the Fall, and she needs a name.
Expedition spots only 6 to 8 vaquita porpoises, the most endangered marine mammal
Experts believe the reason a small number of these marine mammals were seen is due to the animals likely moving to a different location outside of their natural habitat.
Giant 7-foot sunfish found on Oregon beach turns out to be newly discovered species
A massive ocean oddity that washed up on a northern Oregon beach last week turned out to be a recently discovered species of sunfish.
Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia
A missing woman was found eaten alive by a massive python after locals cut her body out of the snake in Indonesia.
Shark attack off Hawaii's Oahu island leaves woman seriously hurt
Also Friday, reported back-to-back shark attacks led authorities to temporarily close beaches to swimmers in Walton County, on the Florida Panhandle.
Woman's 2023 death was first fatal black bear attack on a human in California history, officials say
The state confirmed that Patrice Miller's death is the first record of a deadly black bear attack on a human in California.
Bear entering Sierra Madre kitchen caught on camera
Once the man chased the bear out of his house, he had even more of a surprise in his back yard.
VIDEO: Rehabilitated Brown Pelicans released into the wild
These Brown Pelicans were among more than 350 starving or injured seabirds found off California waters since mid-April.
East Coast braces for invasion of palm-sized venomous spiders capable of flying
The large and vividly colored Joro spider may move northward across the Northeast this summer.
Bison gores 83-year-old woman in Yellowstone National Park
An 83-year-old woman was gored and seriously injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
Man hospitalized after shark attack in SoCal
A man was hospitalized after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Del Mar in the San Diego area.
Shark attacks swimmer in Del Mar
The 46-year-old man suffered bites to his torso, left arm, and hand, officials said.
See it: Catfish 'the size of a 6th grader' tops state record after pulled from Oklahoma reservoir
Flathead catfish are frequently found in Oklahoma waters, and the massive specimen legally caught by Bradly Courtright on the Pine Creek Reservoir was nearly 40 years old.
Police find rattlesnake during drug search
A police officer searching for drugs in a car got quite the shock.
Catalina Island Conservancy scraps plan to use sharpshooters to eliminate mule deer
The Catalina Island Conservancy has abandoned its controversial plan to shoot deer from helicopters as a means to control the animal population.
LA Zoo sends giant otter to Argentina for breeding program
The Los Angeles Zoo is the first in the U.S. to send a giant otter to Argentina for a special breeding program to help reintroduce the species in an area where it is extinct.
Alligator found taking bites out of woman in Houston, police investigating
Houston police say an alligator was found taking bites out of a woman near Clear Lake on Tuesday morning.
Surfer attacked by shark near San Clemente
A surfer was attacked by a shark and lived to tell the tale.
Surfer survives shark encounter in Orange County
Sharks displaying “aggressive behavior" in Orange County waters has triggered the closure of ocean access to the public in San Clemente, according to officials.
Veteran survives horrifying bear attack while hiking in popular national park
A disabled veteran who survived an attack by a grizzly bear is sharing the moment when his instincts kicked in and how it helped him survive.