Wildlife

Three orphaned bear cubs, rehabilitated by the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center, are back in the wild Thursday.

One Dallas couple says they have become familiar with the characteristics, routes and times a furry visitor approaches their backyard.

Researchers are using dogs to sniff out spotted lanternflies, an invasive species with the ability to cause millions in forestry and agricultural damages.

Two adult gray whales fended off more than 30 orcas in a six-hour attack off the coast of California.

An extremely rare set of Amur leopards were born at the San Diego Zoo.

Frost and “extreme temperatures” in the United States may have played a role in the butterfly’s decline during the most recent winter season.

An African serval cat is recovering after being found weeks ago wandering an Ohio neighborhood with cocaine in its system.

Hawaii officials have cited a Maui man seen on video snorkeling for allegedly harassing a humpback whale and pod of dolphins.

Tracy Hansen of Anchorage, Alaska, was walking her dog when a moose charged at her and kicked her in the head.

A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that ends up in oceans every year.

Some homeowners in a McKinney neighborhood say wild hogs are leaving a trail of destruction and getting too close for comfort.

Some homeowners in a McKinney neighborhood say wild boars are leaving a trail of destruction and getting too close for comfort.

The giant cane toad was discovered Thursday by park rangers in the state of Queensland.

Doorbell camera footage shows the black bear strolling up the man’s Seminole County home, and swiping a bag of 30-piece chicken nuggets and fries he had ordered from Chick-fil-A.

The Alaska State Trooper say a court services officer with the agency has died after being attacked by a muskox outside his home near Nome.

At least 13 bald eagles were likely poisoned by scavenging the carcasses of euthanized animals that were improperly disposed of at a Minnesota landfill and three of the majestic birds have died. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that state and federal wildlife officials are investigating after the eagles were found this month near the Pine Bend Landfill in the Minneapolis...

Nibi the beaver builds a dam inside her room at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers had to remove about 30 feet of fencing.