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This 90-year-old man hikes the same trail several times a week. Family and friends recently showed up to celebrate his birthday on the trail.
Two pods of orcas, one of them including a rare white orca, put on a show off the coast of Catalina Island, and the footage has gone viral.
When wildlife officials got a call about a black bear cub tangled in a soccer net, they also had to contend with mama bear.
A trail cam caught two little blue penguins getting busy at a New Zealand sanctuary, and it’s pretty entertaining to watch.
An “apocalyptic” wall of dust moved through the greater Chicago area, and the footage is pretty wild. Watch here.
A viral video shows how a man handled his first grizzly-bear encounter in Banff National Park. Watch here.
Flamingos aren’t just pretty birds that stand around. New research shows that flamingos create tiny underwater tornados to capture prey.
A ranger spotted two iconic and rare species in New Zealand at the same time, and they were fighting with each other. Watch here.
A group of black bears in northern California hit the jackpot—except they didn’t realize honking the car horn would give them away.
Footage of a bluntnose sixgill shark exploring a deep-sea submersible is recirculating online. Watch it here.