October 13, 2016 Man interrupts bear sex, pays the price Dan Richman must have missed the "do not disturb" sign.
October 12, 2016 Why mice are nature's jet engines Wondering what animal might have the most in common with a jet engine?
October 11, 2016 'Beardog' discovery offers clues to how canines evolved For decades a fossilized carnivore jawbone sat largely unnoticed in a drawer at Chicago's Field Museum.
October 11, 2016 Hiker encounters bear, gets attacked by another in California mountains A 53-year-old hiker who had encountered one bear was attacked by another Monday in the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles, authorities said.
October 10, 2016 Rare poisonous sea snake found off coast of Iran A fishing trawler off the coast of Iran caught a rare poisonous sea snake, the first time it has ever been found in that region, researchers have reported in a new study.
October 10, 2016 Squirrels prove it: Females do all the work, guys goof off Science has given tired women everywhere their I-told-you-so-moment, and it comes courtesy of the hapless Arctic ground squirrel: The males of the species appear to spend most of their non-hibernating months soaking up the rays above ground while the females are kept busy either nursing their young below ground or foraging for food when above.
October 10, 2016 Meet granddad: Weird, ancient reptile gave rise to mammals Two weird, mammal-like reptiles that sort of looked like scaly rats, each smaller than a loaf of bread, roamed ancient Brazil about 235 million years ago, likely dining on insects the predators snagged with their pointy teeth.
October 9, 2016 Photos: Bald eagle rescued after getting jammed in car's grill Deputies and fire rescue personnel rescued a bald eagle from the grill of a vehicle Saturday.
October 6, 2016 Research group confirms great white shark nursery off New York's Long Island A privately funded great white shark research group has confirmed the waters off Long Island's Montauk Point are a "nursery," a first in the study of great whites in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, the organization and other leading scientists say.
October 5, 2016 Separate bear, cougar sightings reported in same Utah city Utah authorities are looking for a cougar and a black bear cub spotted separately over two days in the same city.