A Pony Express rider was galloping along a Texas highway at top speed when he whacked into a road sign and was flung from his horse. Yikes.

A kayaker tried to keep his calm off the coast of New Zealand as a huge great white shark trailed him for just under 10 minutes.

A leopard vs. leopard vs. leopard fight in a South African game reserve shocked safari travelers, and it has an interesting backstory, too.

A pair of rare black wolves crossed a stream in a forest in Poland. Watch trail-cam footage from the undisclosed location here.

Standing in an epic fishing spot—a rocky outcrop surrounded by crashing waves—a fisherman reels something in, and the video went viral.

A leopard walks up to a herd of buffalo—and then what? This leopard is so ballsy, it just walks up and snatches a buffalo calf.

Traveling to an active volcano in Iceland to recreate an imagined scene from Earth’s past in a dino suit? Now that’s dedication.

Some daredevils tried “snow kayaking”—riding in a kayak down a snowy slope. Watch the hilarious but clearly dangerous stunt here.

A great gray owl landed on a photographer’s camera, and another photographer was there to capture the moment for all to enjoy.

The results are in for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s 2025 Bird GRAMMYs. Watch some of the winners’ songs here.