Watch trail-cam footage of a large bull elk putting on a show, playing in the mud and bugling like no one was watching.

Scientists set up trail cams in Ecuador to see how many animals they could find with atypical coloration. They found more than you’d think.

A young puma saw its reflection in some water in the Guatemalan jungle, and it didn’t like what it saw at all. Watch here.

A trail camera caught “exceptionally rare” footage of a wolf hunting a beaver in the greater Voyageurs National Park area. Watch here.

A blue bird became fascinated with a trail cam—so much so that it stopped in its mid-air tracks and stared right into the camera. Watch here.

A mysterious canine crossed paths with a trail camera, and experts are asking the internet to weigh in. Is it an elusive “woyote dog”?

A trail cam in Churchill, Manitoba captured a peaceful moment between a polar bear mom and her two cubs. Watch the sweet footage here.

A rare visitor Voyageurs National Park passed by a trail cam earlier this week. The “big kitty”—a cougar—is a rare sight in Minnesota.

The Voyageurs Wolf Project captured trail-cam footage of lynxes, which the organization calls “ethereal forest creatures.” See it here.

A trail-cam owner left a pile of bananas in the woods, and it didn’t really go as planned. See what shocked him here.