Category: Nature

Out of the nearly 500 different species of shark that inhabit the oceans today, only a dozen or so have ever been known to go after humans. And even in those cases, it’s only believed to have happened because the shark was confused or curious. So, despite what movies like Jaws or The Meg have…

Three people were bitten by a shark within a 24-hour span at a Florida beach. It happened Sunday at New Smyrna Beach—the community is known as the “shark bite capital of the world.”

Pacific gray whales are showing up dead in North America’s oceans and shores at a rate four-times greater than typical. As of July 11, 182 gray whales have been found dead or beached this year in Mexico, the US, and Canada according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While that might seem like…

The Indian Ocean is home to one of the most diverse whale populations in the world – as many as 18 species live there. And no one can get you closer to these hauntingly mysterious creatures than American wildlife photographer Patrick Dykstra. Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti joined Dykstra as they went swimming with whales in the…

Andy Casagrande and the team spot what they believe are the very same Great White shark brothers they saw a year ago off the Isle of Jaws.

A Danish man took a small sample of seawater, and when he put it under his microscope, he found it was teeming with life.

A cat in western Pennsylvania is bucking stereotypes with its love of swimming. Tissy is an orange Maine Coon who regularly cools off in the family pool in Bradys Bend Township, about 55 miles north of Pittsburgh. Sonny Herr tells the Tribune Review she rescued Tissy as a homeless kitten about five years ago from a parking…

How do hippo calfs feed? How to hippos travel underwater. There’s a lot more to hippos, beneath the surface.