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March 5, 2023

Florida alligator bites man on his front porch after he opens door: police

A Florida opened his the front door of his Daytona Beach home Saturday and was bitten on the leg by an alligator in front of his house.

March 5, 2023

US to restore more bison to tribal lands by tapping into ‘Indigenous Knowledge,’ Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. Interior Department says it has received $25 million to help restore herds of American bison to tribal lands by tapping into Indigenous Knowledge.

March 4, 2023

Lacrosse practice interrupted after alligator takes the field at Florida high school

An alligator interrupted lacrosse practice at a Florida school in an incident that the team had fun with and posted on social media along with a popular Aerosmith song.

March 4, 2023

How the wild dogs of Chernobyl survive — and what humans could learn from them

Researchers observing wild dogs near Ukraine's Chernobyl disaster site hope to extrapolate survival possibilities for humans under similar conditions from the dogs' behavior.

March 3, 2023

New York officials find 14-foot-long reticulated python on side of road

A reticulated python - whose species is the longest known snake in the word - was found dead along a Long Island roadside, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said this week.

March 3, 2023

Mike Pompeo celebrates 'vindication' that the 'damn' COVID virus came from China lab after FBI's admission

Speaking at CPAC, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo celebrated his "vindication" that a lab leak is the origin of the coronavirus after the FBI admitted that likelihood.

March 3, 2023

Colorado moose scares family in their front yard

A family in Silverthorne, Colorado, was shocked to see a large moose next to their car in their front yard. The residents had just taken their two dogs for a walk when they got the nerve-racking surprise.

March 3, 2023

Florida lacrosse practice broken up by alligator on the field

Lacrosse players at Alonso High School, in Tampa, Florida stopped practice and watched as an alligator walked across the field in a video posted on social media. (Eric Klaus at Alonso High School)

March 3, 2023

Colombia proposes transferring 70 hippos that live near Pablo Escobar's former ranch to India, Mexico

Pablo Escobar imported four hippos to his ranch in the 1980s. Colombia has proposed transferring at least 70 hippos that live near Escobar's ranch to India and Mexico.

March 2, 2023

Whale safety research planned near East Coast's offshore wind farms

Researchers are planning to monitor whale safety near offshore wind farms on the East Coast, joining similar initiatives aimed at determining the effect of the projects on whale deaths.