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The Colombian government previously approved a plan that would allow the culling of approximately half of the estimated 170 hippopotami roaming freely through the South American nation.

Portions of the Huntington Beach shoreline are closed for the next 48 hours following what city officials described as "aggressive behavior" by a great white shark.

Freddy Snyder is scheduled for arraignment in the killing of Caltech astronomer Carl Johann Grillmair at his home in Llano. The White House has included Grillmair’s death in a multi-agency federal probe investigating potential links between the deaths of 11 scientists with high-level security clearances.

Southern California's hiking season is back, but so is a venomous hidden danger.

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills is scheduled to open on December 2, 2026, creating a safe passage for mountain lions over the 101 Freeway.

The Vans Jack’s Surfboards Pro 2026 in Huntington Beach was suspended for 24 hours after an aggressive 10-foot shark sighting triggered a water closure.

The 75-year-old and his guide stumbled into female elephants with a calf in the Lope-Okanda rainforest.

Black flies, also known as "buffalo gnats", are known for biting around the eyes and necklines of humans and domestic animals.

Police in Pineville, Louisiana, are investigating a local restaurant after officers found a deer believed to be roadkill stored in a freezer with food.

The warehouse on International Drive where 31 sloths intended for Sloth World Orlando reportedly died was not permitted to have animals or wildlife of any kind, FOX 35 has learned.

A string of rattlesnake bites, including a third fatality in Northern California, is prompting safety warnings amid record heat.

The Trump administration is reviewing 11 cases of missing or deceased scientists, including Southern California researchers Monica Jacinto Reza, Carl Grillmair, Frank Maiwald, and Michael David Hicks.

Learn why owl fledglings are often found on the ground and how to safely respond to protect local wildlife in Redondo Beach.

This incident marks at least the seventh rattlesnake bite in Southern California since mid-March, fueled by a record-breaking heat wave pushing snakes toward trails and residential areas.

Join the Friends of Big Bear Valley's eaglet naming contest for Jackie and Shadow's new chicks! Entries are open until April 26.

After its historic 10-day flight to the moon, Artemis II astronauts splashed down off the coast of California on Friday night.

The 20-pound rodents threaten California’s infrastructure by weakening levees to the point of failure and consuming up to 25% of their body weight in wetland vegetation daily.