wildlife

A rare spider with a human face – known as a lichen crab spider – has been spotted at a nature reserve in Wareham, Dorset. Since 1890 only 41 one of them have ever been seen in Britain – and it’s not surprising, because they’re only the size of a 20p piece and blend into lichen on tree...

The handlers donned the panda outfits to release giant panda Cao Cao and her cub Cao Gen into the Wolong Nature Reserve. They have worn the outfits at all times when handling the creatures as it is thought that a healthy fear of humans will be good for them in the wild. When pandas are...

This cat is getting a rather unwanted wake-up call – from a chirpy budgerigar that sounds like Star Wars robot R2-D2. The cat is ensconced in a cosy hammock next to a radiator, trying to sleep – but the brave white bird has other ideas. Despite the fact that it could be killed with one...

New photo of 'English Nessie' hailed as best yet Pictures of a mysterious creature surfacing from Lake Windermere have been hailed as the best ever sighting of the English Loch Ness Monster, or "Bownessie". This is believed to be the eighth sighting of a long humpbacked creature, known...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A colony of 22,000 bats may be coming to a neighbourhood near you after an Australian court served the flying foxes with an eviction notice and allowed the government to chase them away with loud industrial noise. The court ruled that the grey-headed flying foxes, the...

Twenty-five Bolivian circus lions rescued from poor conditions arrived safely in the United States, bound for a Colorado wildlife refuge. Dubbed "Operation Lion Ark," the 14 males and 11 female cats arrived at Denver International Airport Wednesday on a jet chartered by Animal Defenders...

An Eastern European hunter was outfoxed by his quarry when the fox he had wounded (not the one pictured here) ended up shooting him by pulling the trigger on the man's gun. The unnamed Belarus hunter was trying to finish the animal off with the butt of his rifle after having wounded it from a...

Talk about a Valentine's Day catch. A Vicksburg, Miss., man caught what may turn out to be the largest-ever alligator gar. Weighing in at 327 pounds, the nearly 8½-foot-long prehistoric-looking creature has a girth of 47.95 inches, WAPT.com reports. "At first I didn't think he was that...

Link Removed due to 404 Error A Polish hunter who dreamed of shooting an elephant has sued a German-based travel company after it sent him to a part of Africa where he said there were no elephants to be found, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The company, Jaworski Jagdreisen, which...

Scientists Say 'Blunt Force Trauma' Killed Arkansas Blackbirds Scientists investigating the death of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas say they've identified the cause of death: blunt force trauma. Locals in Beebe, Ark., were mystified when as many as 5,000 red-winged blackbirds...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Reuters – Tarantula's confiscated by the U.S. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A German national who shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States through the mail has pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge...

Link Removed due to 404 Error ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian authorities have confiscated three tonnes of mammoth tusks from a criminal gang which tried to smuggle them out of the country. The court office of the northern city of St. Petersburg said on Thursday that it had...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed A brown owl was picked up for public inebriation in Germany. The animal was observed sitting along side the road without concern for passing traffic, close by were two schnapps bottles it had been sampling. Police picked it up and took it to a local...

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Mystery Of Upstate Bird Kill Solved - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville For a time Wednesday morning, it appeared that the Upstate might have its own mysterious bird kill. About 50 European starlings were found dead along Highway 101 near Brookshire Road in Greer. Gary Wilson, with the...

Tiger kills bus driver A tour bus driver was mauled to death by a tiger at a breeding centre in northeast China this week after he got out of his vehicle to check on a mechanical problem, state media reported on Thursday. Jin Shijun was attacked by a Siberian tiger and dragged off to a...

Link Removed due to 404 Error – Sun Jan 2, 9:18 am ET BEEBE, Ark. – Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports...

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Link Removed Link Removed The snake dangles 49 feet (15 meters) off the ground, tail entwined around a branch. Suddenly, the animal rears up and launches, flinging its body toward the forest floor. In other reptiles, the leap would be suicidal, or at least an invitation for broken...

Hey all, took some photos of some Arizona wildlife, from our backyard. Diamondback Rattlesnake, 1st and 2nd photos is about 10 yards off the back deck, this guy was very agitated as the dogs were barking at it; 3rd and 4th photos, taken right off the back deck, this was snake #2, which had...