The Chesapeake Bay is witnessing a striking return of ospreys, one of North America’s most iconic birds of prey. After being nearly wiped out in the mid-20th century due to pesticide use and habitat ...

Central Texas was hit hard by heavy rainfall and flash floods following the July 4th weekend. While emergency crews responded to human needs, another group was working just as urgently: Austin ...

In a small town outside Macon, Georgia, a routine landscaping job took a terrifying turn when a swarm of yellowjackets attacked a local worker. The man was mowing a residential lawn when he ...

In Savannah, Georgia, a man stepping into his garage for a quiet morning coffee was stunned to see a giant lizard (over 1.2 meters (4 feet) long) perched on his toolbox and casually flicking its ...

Locals strolling along Popham Beach in Maine were stunned to find what looked like a pulsating, gelatinous mass sprawled on the sand. Upon closer inspection, it was a giant lion’s mane jellyfish — its ...

While flipping rocks in a shallow creek behind his family’s Asheville, North Carolina home, 8-year-old Lucas Peterson let out a shout that brought his mom running. Clutched gently in his hand was a ...

It looked like a toy at first. That’s what 13-year-old Mya Callahan thought when she spotted a bright pink grasshopper hopping through her family’s backyard in Savannah, Georgia. But when it moved ...

Wildlife researchers in Central Texas recently got a surprise from one of nature’s most elusive mammals: an eastern spotted skunk, captured on a remote trail camera near the Balcones Canyonlands. The ...

An Arizona family got far more than they bargained for when checking on their dog in the backyard — a two-headed western diamondback rattlesnake was coiled beside the porch, both heads flicking their ...

While hiking a quiet trail near Estes Park, Colorado, 34-year-old nature enthusiast Katie Wilmer froze when a dark, shadowy figure darted across the path. “At first I thought it was a small bear cub,” ...

Hikers in Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime sight last week. It was a pure white moose slowly moving through the birch trees. The creature’s snow-colored ...

Boaters cruising through Louisiana’s Calcasieu River last weekend got more than a nice day on the water — they witnessed something few people ever see: a pink dolphin swimming alongside their boat. “I ...