Category: Nature

An alligator bit a teenager visiting Florida’s everglades, according to officials who said she suffered injuries to her leg. The 18-year-old was swimming in water at the Everglades National Park—the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S.—at around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, when the reptile bit her. She was on a wet hike with her college…

In September 2015, Mustill and a friend, Charlotte Kinloch, were paddling a tandem kayak in Monterey Bay, California, on a whale-watching tour when a 30-ton humpback breached and came within feet of landing directly on them. They were knocked from their boat and quickly rescued, but video footage of the incident captured by nearby whale-watchers…

The State Government is ramping up its warning signs near remote Northwest Island after a second swimmer in as many weeks was bitten by a shark.

2. LAKE HILLIER // AUSTRALIA This small, saltwater lake on an island off Western Australia is only one-third of a mile long, but its bubblegum-pink color makes it especially striking. The lake was documented in 1802 by British explorer Matthew Flinders, who took a sample of its waters but failed to understand how it got…

A man was killed by a shark Sunday while diving near Esperance off the coast of Western Australia state. The attack happened as the man was diving from a boat at Cull Island off Esperance just after 1 p.m. His body has not been found. The Department of Primary Industries confirmed the attack, saying “a…

On 60 Minutes, Allison Langdon experiences the unique chance travelers and scientists are sharing in the Pacific – to swim with humpback whales.