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North Carolina Wildlife has shared images of a ghost white deer. But it’s nothing to be afraid of. The animal is believed to be leucistic, meaning it has a loss of pigmentation in its skin or fur. A genetic mutation causes the condition. Leucism is different from albinism, which also results in red eyes or [...]

Health officials have found not one or two but four “rare” and “exotic” tick species in this U.S. state. Learn how to protect yourself.

A solo hiker went missing in Norway for nearly a week. He survived after a clue that his wife found helped search crews locate him.

Wildlife officials finally found and freed a bear that’s been wandering around Wisconsin with a jar stuck on its head.

Two hikers became stranded after the rising tide trapped them on a remote beach in California—see footage of the long-line rescue here.

To survive a harrowing ordeal, a missing hiker in the Himalayas ate bugs and drank his own pee. Get the story here.

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.

An animal-control officer in Colorado recently received a lot of love online after rescuing an adorable animal from a glue trap. Watch here.

A PhD candidate recently came across a rare purple creature on the shores of La Jolla, California called a “bubble raft snail.” See it here.