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Seattle’s Strangest Raccoon Has Become an Internet Sensation
A raccoon with an almost nonexistent neck has somehow become one of the biggest animal celebrities of the summer, and it all started with a few seconds of shaky phone footage in a Seattle neighborhood. Jimothy, a wild raccoon living in Ballard, has a rare physical condition that gives him an unusually compact appearance, but…
This Argentine Farm Dog Has Everyone Talking About His Selfies
A farm dog in Argentina has become an unlikely social media sensation after a series of photos appeared to show him casually taking selfies while on the job. Diego Cuadro rode into the fields of El Triunfo farm in 2016 with cattle to move. He rode back out with the beginning of the friendship he…
Scientists Thought They Had Found the World’s Only Cold-Blooded Mammal — The Truth Was Even Stranger
Scientists once claimed they’d found something impossible: a mammal that had evolved to become cold-blooded. No other mammal, living or extinct, has ever pulled that off. The claim came from an unlikely source, a small, goat-like animal that vanished from a Mediterranean island thousands of years ago, and it turned the obscure species into a…
Health Officials Say Dangerous Cat-Spread Fungus Reaching the U.S. Is Only a Matter of Time
A family in England was doing everything right by their sick cat. He’d flown over with them from Brazil three years earlier — nine years old, long-haired, completely part of the family. When sores opened up on his head and paws and wouldn’t close, they cleaned them. They held him steady at the vet. They…
Scientists Say Bison Have Returned to Their Natural Movements After 100 Years With Incredible Results
Picture mowing your lawn every single week, all summer, and never once feeding it. Now imagine that lawn coming back thicker and healthier than your neighbor’s, who mows way less often. That doesn’t make sense… unless something else is feeding it behind the scenes. That’s basically what’s happening in Yellowstone. And the “something else” is…
The Donkeys Keeping One Spanish National Park Safe From Fire
Wildfires have become one of the defining environmental challenges of our time. Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, and changing weather patterns have turned fire seasons longer and more destructive across much of the world. As governments invest in satellites, drones, artificial intelligence, and sophisticated firefighting equipment, one national park in southern Spain has relied on a…
Inside The Final Safari Of Legendary Hunter Theunis Botha
For nearly three decades, Theunis Botha built a reputation as one of southern Africa’s most recognizable big-game hunters. He guided clients across some of the continent’s most famous wilderness areas, specializing in dangerous game that many hunters considered the ultimate challenge. Then, during what was supposed to be another licensed safari in Zimbabwe, everything changed…
A Strange Monkey Hidden in Congo’s Rainforest Has Finally Been Identified After Years of Mystery
For nearly two decades, a blurry photograph taken deep inside one of the world’s largest rainforests left scientists with more questions than answers. The image captured only part of an unfamiliar black monkey perched high in the trees of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but even that incomplete glimpse suggested researchers had stumbled…
Dog Accidentally Fires Shotgun Leaving Woman Injured In Nebraska
A report of gunfire outside a Nebraska convenience store sounded like the beginning of a routine criminal investigation. Police rushed to the scene expecting to find an armed suspect. Instead, investigators uncovered one of the most unusual explanations imaginable. The person responsible, at least according to investigators, had four legs, a wagging tail, and absolutely…
Scientists Unearth Giant Turtle the Size of a Car That Once Roamed South America
The idea of a turtle as large as a car sounds like something from a fantasy movie, but scientists say one of these colossal reptiles actually cruised through South America’s rivers millions of years ago. Newly studied fossils have revealed fresh details about Stupendemys geographicus, an enormous freshwater turtle that outweighed almost every living turtle…