A mountain lion mauled a five-year-old boy while he was picnicking with his family this past weekend in southern California.

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

In stunning video from the Arctic, there’s a polar bear and several belugas all in one frame. Watch it here.

A territorial hippo chased an African lion as it tried to cross the Luangwa River in Zambia. Watch the incredible scene here.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shared a video of two large black bear cubs playing, fighting, and climbing in Alaska. Watch it here.

If you had to put your money on one of these formidable ocean predators in an octopus vs. shark battle, which one are you betting on?

An eastern indigo snake puked up some things it had recently eaten. One of those things was still alive. Get the bizarre details here.

See a shortlist of highly commended entries for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest here. The photographs are stunning.

A wildlife photographer captured a head-scratching moment—an osprey carrying a pufferfish. But what’s its plan? That thing’s toxic.

A woman walked onto her porch and saw something terrible was going down. A snake was eating her pet frog. Watch what happens next.