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August 23, 2022

Miami Zoo x-ray shows python and its transmitter inside cottonmouth snake

After failing to find a snake it had been tracking, the Miami Zoo in Florida located the Burmese python, and its electric tracker, inside a native cottonmouth.

August 23, 2022

Sick sea lions spotted on Southern California beaches

Dozens of California sea lions appear to be poisoned by elevated levels of a naturally occurring toxin in algae. It can cause disorientation, seizures and more in marine mammals.

August 23, 2022

Australian whale caught in shark nets rescued off Gold Coast

A whale stuck in shark nets off the Gold Coast of Australia was freed Monday by rescuers. Whale entanglement in fishing gear is a problem around the world.

August 23, 2022

Southern white rhino born at San Diego Zoo: 'Full of energy'

A southern white rhino gave birth to a calf at the San Diego Zoo in August 2022. The zoo houses an initiative to support and try to save northern white rhinos in Kenya.

August 23, 2022

Summer shark sightings continue to spike on East Coast

While shark attacks on humans are rare, sightings have increased off East Coast shores this summer. Two people were recently bitten at South Carolina's Myrtle Beach.

August 22, 2022

Boy, 8 years old, discovers giant shark tooth in South Carolina: 'Find of a lifetime'

While on a family vacation in South Carolina, an eight-year-old boy found a 4.75-inch shark tooth believed to be from a long-extinct shark species, the angustidens, related to the megalodon.

August 21, 2022

Dr. Birx: CDC at 'inflection point,' expects real change following watershed admission

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says she aims to improve the dissemination of information in order to streamline the agency's responses to future infectious disease crises.

August 20, 2022

Seal breaks into New Zealand home, traumatizes family cat

A 10-month-old New Zealand fur seal accidentally found its way into a house and ended up terrorizing the family cat.

August 20, 2022

Gulf coast sea turtles appear to be recovering

The sea turtle population along the gulf coast appears to be recovering after the BP oil spill more than a decade ago.

August 19, 2022

Colorado man shoots bear inside his home with his .40-caliber pistol

A Steamboat Springs, Colorado, man shot and killed a bear inside his home after his wife awakened him screaming at dawn. He shot the bear with his 40-caliber pistol; no one was injured.