Louisiana prides itself on an abundance of wildlife, from alligators moving through bayous to herons lifting from marsh grass ...

Ohio’s white-tailed deer might seem like an obvious state symbol, but that familiarity is exactly why it works. Few animals ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

Quick Take By the 1880s and 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison remained in the wild, a stark warning about unchecked exploitation.

Selected as the state animal in 1980 by school children, the white-tailed deer is an amazing conservation comeback story in ...

Quick Take Connecticut chose the sperm whale in 1975 to honor its pivotal 19th-century whaling industry and maritime heritage ...

Enterococcus bacteria was found at Lynn Hall Memorial Park on Fort Myers Beach on Jan. 7, according to the Florida Department ...

Outbreaks of H5N1, or highly pathogenic avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu — have been confirmed at a commercial ...

Officials say triathlete Erica Fox, 55, died in a Monterey Bay shark attack; vanished Dec. 21 near Lovers Point, found Dec.

GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. (AP) — After a dead whale was found on the bow of a container ship docked in New Jersey, authorities ...

Overall, from 1950 to Dec. 23, 2025, it was one among 231 shark attacks in state waters, according data from the California ...

A 20-year ecological review at Knepp Estate in West Sussex shows the restoration of natural processes has paid dividends for ...