Mar 03 2011

Eastern Cougar Officially Extinct

Tag: Animals,Cats,Cougar,Endangered Species,Wild AnimalsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 4:22 pm
The elusive cat was first placed on the endangered species list in 1973.

Jan 06 2011

Birds Falling From the Sky Not Unusual

Tag: Animals,Bats,Birds,Death and Dying,Nature,USGS,Wild AnimalsEmily Sohn @ 3:01 pm
The only unusual part of the reported bird (and fish) die-offs over the past week is that people witnessed them.

Jan 04 2011

Thousands of Birds Likely Died from Fright

Tag: Birds,Fish,Wild AnimalsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 4:05 pm
Up to 5,000 birds collapsed and died over a small town in Arkansas right before New Year's Eve.

Dec 09 2010

The Incredible Shrinking Bengal Tiger

Tag: Big Cats,Tiger,Wild AnimalsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:01 pm
The endangered cats are getting smaller because of stress.

Dec 09 2010

The Incredible Shrinking Bengal Tiger

Tag: Big Cats,Tiger,Wild AnimalsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:01 pm
The endangered cats are getting smaller because of stress.

Oct 18 2010

Mountain Goat Kills Hiker in Rare Attack

Tag: Goats,Hiking,Mountain Goat,Wild AnimalsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 6:01 pm
While hiking with his wife and a friend, Robert Boardman was fatally gored in an encounter with a ram.

Sep 27 2010

Whale Rider Put Animal’s, Own Life in Jeopardy

Tag: Aquatic Mammals,Oceania and Australia,Whales,Wild AnimalsJennifer Viegas @ 10:50 pm
The teenager who reportedly rode a whale may have broken the law, but the culprit is lucky to have escaped without a broken neck.

Aug 05 2010

U.S. Bats Flying Toward Extinction

Tag: Bats,Immune System,Mammals,North America,Skin,Wild AnimalsJennifer Viegas @ 6:00 pm
At least one species of bat could go extinct in the United States within the next 20 years as white-nose syndrome spreads.

Aug 05 2010

Croc, Gator Attacks Far Outpace Sharks

Nervous about sharks? Your chances of being killed by an alligator are actually much higher.

Aug 02 2010

Sixgill Shark Families Stick Together

Tag: Animals,Fish,Fossils,NOAA,Sharks,Siblings,Wild AnimalsKasey-Dee Gardner @ 6:55 pm
Scientists find out that family is one reason why the prehistoric-looking sixgill shark keeps showing up in Puget Sound.

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