Weird Animals

James Bindoff, who goes by Townsville Snake Catcher on the internet, found an unusual culprit after responding to what was thought to be a loudly hissing snake.

The trapped whale was reported by a member of the public, and set free from the fishing gear after three days of hard work from local authorities.

Pacu are relatives of the piranha, and are an invasive species in the U.S., often being released into waterways after growing too large as pets.

The researchers found that males that had lost one of their legs during development were more likely to become gamma males, at the bottom of the male hierarchy.

"This dampening of the stress response has not been reported previously in any reptile species," researchers believe.

Researchers found that elephants like to eat different foods on different days, based on evidence gathered from their dung.

The drill, a female named Kumasi, was caught on video eating the body of her infant son, which had died after living for only eight days.

The gray whale that washed up in Washington on June 27 was the fifth found dead along the state's coast in June 2023 alone.

The orca, named EA_0046A, was one of five killer whales saved from a mass stranding in 2013.

Scientists have found that a tiny animal, capable of growing a new body, uses genes that usually cause aging.

In a viral video, kids can be seen playing in a Florida river unnervingly close to where an alligator is seen lurking beneath the water.

Nelore cows are incredibly valuable due to their genetically desirable traits, including heat resistance, and hardiness against parasitic infections.

"She just slithered into the living room," Lisa Norwood from the City of San Antonio Animal Care Services told Newsweek.

"It took a village, but this guy's life was saved because of it," Newhouse Wildlife Rescue said in the Facebook post.

The massive python was so long that it lay across an entire lane of the road, needing help from snake catchers to move it safely back into the bushes.

The reptile had escaped from where it was kept as a pet inside the house. "We think the description of giant was an undersell..." the sheriff's post read.

The three-legged bobcat, missing its front left leg, was snapped on a trail cam as it trotted along a log in Florida.

The microscopic C. elegans worms were found to be able to leap, both alone and in a large group, and stick to a passing insect using an electrical charge.

Migaloo, the famous albino humpback whale, has not had a confirmed sighting since 2020, leading many to fear he has died.

The man, in his 50s, was walking along a trail in Colorado's Coal Creek Canyon when he was attacked by a mother who had a calf nearby.

Fossils of neck bones with bite marks on them have revealed that ancient Triassic-era Tanystropheus had their heads bitten off.

The goblin shark was accidentally caught using bottom trawling, and was going to be sold to a restaurant until the Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum claimed it.

"Guys, I'm going to burn my car, I'm done. Because: there's a snake in my car! What do I do? What do I do?!" she said as she filmed the reptile.

Eleven long-finned pilot whales were washed up on a Nova Scotia beach in yet another stranding event for this unlucky species. Only three survived.

The man was attacked by a mother bear with two cubs during a hunting expedition, and shot her to escape.

Megafauna like massive elephants were once thought to have gone extinct due to humans arriving, but it turns out we weren't responsible after all.

Woylies are critically endangered marsupials that are evolving to be even less adept at avoiding the predators that threaten them.

The two pythons were tangled together, leading snake catcher Stuart McKenzie to suggest that the pair were likely mating on the kitchen counter.

The albino panda has only been spotted on camera once before in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China's Sichuan province, and may be the only of its kind.

Special locks, designed to prevent the crafty cockatoos from breaking into the garbage containers and making a mess, have been distributed to residents.