Don’t mess with bears, but then there’s this bear, who isn’t doing much for bears’ fearsome image. Watch how much this bear loves to swing.

A sea squirt with a panda face lives off the coast of Japan, and scientists have discovered it’s a new species.

Monongahela National Forest shared rare trail cam footage of a “species of concern” that’s declining in the wild—the Allegheny woodrat.

Orcas are truly the ocean’s top predators. Have scientists discovered a new orca species? A new paper makes a compelling case.

Here’s something you don’t see every day: A husky casually hanging out with some Kamchatka brown bears in the wilds of Russia.

A three-legged deer made a welcome cameo on a trail cam in Maine. Watch as she boops the camera and proves if there’s a will, there’s a way.

Shawn Miller is out to keep hermit crabs out of plastic trash and in the homes they deserve—actual seashells.

Scientists discovered more than 100 potentially new species during a recent research trip to Bounty Trough off the coast of New Zealand.

Just weeks after a deadly mountain lion attack in El Dorado County, California, another cougar was filmed walking through a residential area.

An almost eight-foot alligator broke into a house in Florida, and the homeowner found it in her kitchen. Here’s the story and a video.