A boat captain in New Zealand recorded a pod of orcas calmly passing his boat in crystal-clear water. Watch the popular video here.

A video of a frightening “safari fail” starring an elephant that gave plenty of warnings is making a lot of people shake their heads.

A newly discovered species of stick insect is as long as a person’s forearm and about as heavy as a golf ball. Can you guess where it lives?

Scientists hadn’t seen the world’s smallest snake in nearly 20 years, but it wasn’t extinct, just lost. And now, one’s been found.

It will be free to enter any U.S. National Park one day next week. To help spread the word about the free-entry day, NPS posted a funny video.

When a bear came strolling toward a crowd of people having a party at Lake Tahoe, a lodge staff member with a bear horn came to the rescue.

The man responsible for a double homicide in Devil’s Den State Park has been arrested for the crime. Disturbingly, he was a school teacher.

Trail cams in an Irish national park share the secret life of animals, including a resident celebrity—”Winnie” the pine marten.

“Quick – count the shorebird legs!” Footage shows a black-necked stilt with way too legs. Here’s what’s really going on.

An 11-year-old girl died while boating in Wisconsin. Her cause of death is more complicated than originally thought, prompting a warning.