Animals and Wildlife

The 23-inch skull is believed to be at least 60,000 years old. Bids will be accepted until Thursday, March 20.

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary invite you to attend the Heard’s newest exhibition: Bugs LIVE 2025.

Australia officials are looking into whether Montana-based influencer Sam Jones breached immigration law when fleeing the country.

An Australian high school discovered that a boulder which had sat in the parking lot for over 20 years contained fossilized footprints of the three-toed Pisanosaurus.

“They did not know that this was an actual fossil itself. Some were thinking that it was a replica,” Australian paleontologist Anthony Romilio said.

A great horned own that had become entangled in fishing line was rescued by Coppell Animal Services and rehabilitated by Blackland Prairie Raptor Center in Collin County and returned to the wild.

NBC 5, Telemundo 39, and the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary invite you to attend the Heard’s newest exhibition: Bugs LIVE 2025.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has advice for dealing with certain types of invasive species — eat them. Here’s what Nutria, iguana and Northern Snakehead tastes like.

A dolphin weighing more than 900 pounds appeared to fall out of the sky before landing in a small fishing boat off the coast of New Zealand.

A beautiful moment was captured live in a nest in Big Bear Valley, California.

A California boat captain captured video of the huge group off the coast of Monterey Bay.

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.

Wild hogs have been making headlines in Irving where they’re tearing up lawns and school property. They’re a problem all across Texas especially for ranchers and farmers who lose thousands of dollars in damaged crops. NBC 5’s Katy Blakey reports managing the feral hog population has become big business for some.

The dolphin species were found beached on Australia’s island state of Tasmania Tuesday afternoon.

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident quickly went viral.

A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard.

Dolly was born in 1968 in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in South Africa. She was one of the first white rhinos at the Knoxville zoo, where she had lived since 1976.

A team of Canadian scientists at CarbonRun discovered two environmental wins with one stone — limestone. Accelerating a natural process through “enhanced rock weathering” helps restore river ecosystems while also offsetting pollution from oil and gas. Climate reporter Chase Cain traveled to Nova Scotia to see how the first-of-its-kind process works.

Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a setback when a federal appeals court reinstated rules meant to protect a dwindling whale species from getting entangled in fishing gear.

A miles-long cluster of dolphins was filmed leaping, gliding and cavorting its way across Carmel Bay on the central coast of California.