Tag: Animals
Tourists fined for touching endangered Hawaiian monk seal
HONOLULU — U.S. authorities launched an investigation and fined Louisiana tourists honeymooning in Hawaii after a video on social media showed a woman touching...
Scientists: Pup births hopeful sign for Isle Royale wolves
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Wolf pups have been spotted again on Isle Royale, a hopeful sign in the effort to rebuild the predator species'...
Nebraska zoo says 200 people possibly exposed to rabid bat
OMAHA, Neb. — Roughly 200 people were possibly exposed to a rabid bat while staying overnight at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, the...
Montana town of grizzly attack a popular stop for cyclists
HELENA Mont. — A tiny western Montana town where a grizzly bear pulled a woman from her tent and killed her this week welcomes...
Bug experts seeking new name for destructive gypsy moths
Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it's considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth.
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California nixing algae that crowds out food for sea animals
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — For the first time, scientists say they have seen a species of bright green algae growing in the waters off...
North Carolina owner of venomous snakes facing charges
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man whose venomous snake escaped from his home and terrorized a neighborhood for several days is facing multiple...
Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxes
LINCOLN, Neb. — Media mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to his own...
Haddish, Shatner, Paisley join Discovery’s ‘Shark Week’
NEW YORK — Deep in the ocean, surrounded by sharks, Tiffany Haddish stayed cool. She drew on her land-based survival skills.
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Officials: 7 penguins die at Florida Aquarium
TAMPA, Fla. — Seven African penguins have died at The Florida Aquarium , officials announced Thursday.
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