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An injured owl was helplessly lying on a road after crashing into the ground, but highway patrol officers were there to perform a rescue.
An unexpected close call at this year’s Canberra Balloon Spectacular in Australia, sent a couple of kayakers into the water. Watch here.
When two bears decided to take a peek through the glass door into a North Carolina home, the cat living there took great offense. Watch here.
A man had “a ‘whale’ of a day” after colliding with a whale while windsurfing off the coast of San Francisco, California. Watch here.
A photo of tree bark is actually a photo of a well-camouflaged animal hiding in plain sight, but it’s not easy to find. Can you spot it?
The National Park Service released visitation numbers from 2025, including a ranking of the U.S. parks. See the most and least visited here.
“How did I not know this creature lived on Earth with me?”—that’s the top comment on a viral video showing a lowland streaked tenrec.
The National Park Service shared footage of an adorable marmot screaming at the top of its lungs, and somehow it’s still cute. Watch here.
Grand Canyon National Park will reopen the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to visitors starting Friday, May 15, 2026. See details here.
Fascinating footage shows a group of sperm whales supporting a sperm-whale mother and her newborn calf during an hours-long birthing event.