Researchers were tracking a pregnant porbeagle shark when, well, something ate her. But what in the world eats an 8-foot-long shark?

In a battle of Burmese python vs. reticulated python, one huge predator lost to the other, and it’s wasn’t pretty.

A black bear in Pennsylvania died with parasitic eye worms. Turns out, the same eye worms could also infect humans.

Size won’t stop this snake from trying to eat a gigantic bird it’s successfully killed. But it just won’t fit. Turns out, this happens a lot.

A field researcher came across something really rare, a ‘zombie fungus’-infected tarantula, and it’s nightmare fuel. See it here.

A giant oarfish washed up in San Diego County, then a 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit Southern California. Coincidence? Maybe not.

Lightning struck two visitors to the Horseshoe Bend overlook in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, a National Park Service-managed site.

A man found a fully intact mammoth tusk in a creek bed in Mississippi. Experts call this an “extremely rare find.”

Scientists found a Shen’s odd-scaled snake in China with ‘blood-red’ eyes. Found out how rare this snake is and learn more about it here.

A rare phenomenon called a fire tornado added to the terror the Chico, California community is already experiencing thanks to the Park Fire.