1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (520+ words) A tourist from Washington state is facing federal charges after a witness recorded what prosecutors say was a video of him hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, made arrangements to surrender in the…...

4+ hour, 50+ min ago  (349+ words) Special agents with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrested a man in Washington state this week on federal charges for throwing a coconut-sized rock at an endangered monk seal's head in Hawaii last week. The state Department of Land…...

7+ hour, 41+ min ago  (349+ words) Special agents with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrested a man in Washington state this week on federal charges for throwing a coconut-sized rock at an endangered monk seal's head in Hawaii last week. The state Department of Land…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (430+ words) A roving gang of more than 400 peacocks have sparked a civil war among residents in a small Italian village. "They don't let us sleep because of the screams!" one local exclaimed of the tropical birds, calling on the'municipality to step…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (419+ words) A rescue team has released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany's…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (410+ words) April 25 (UPI) " An attraction planned for Central Florida called Sloth World Orlando will not open after at least 31 of its sloths died during the last two years in a facility that had not been properly permitted. Sloth World Orlando had…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (566+ words) A wealthy big-game hunter from California was ambushed and trampled to death by five elephants as he hunted small forest antelopes in central Africa earlier this month. Californian vineyard owner Ernie Dosio, 75, who had trophy rooms in his home filled…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (463+ words) The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They boasted eight arms…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (486+ words) A 19-year-old hunter in Wisconsin got the surprise of his life on Saturday when he encountered an elusive creature stalking him in the woods. Carson Bender was hunting for turkey on private land near Nekoosa while wearing full camouflage and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (179+ words) A family in Orange County, California, is safe thanks to the persistent and courageous actions of their dog. The incident happened Wednesday when the family was trying to sleep around 4: 30 a. m. as their dog, Fillmore, kept barking, the Orange County Fire…...