As highly adaptable and intelligent animals, raccoons can be found in the most diverse environments-from forests to urban centers. This very same factor makes the presence of raccoons on city streets and in suburban neighborhoods a little less familiar problem:…

One of the two tracking tags attached to a pregnant porbeagle shark unexpectedly surfaced near Bermuda just weeks before she was scheduled to deliver. Marine scientists had expected it to be submerged for several months, as this device was designed…

Ditch the puppies and kittens, because, there is a new viral phenomenon on the horizon and it is not what you’d expect. This is Moo Deng – the world’s most adorable baby hippo who has been sticking his tongue out…

For decades, the Norfolk snout moth (Nothris verbascella) was thought to have disappeared from Britain. Now, after more than 50 years, this small, beige insect has been rediscovered, breathing new life into conservation efforts. A Rare and Elusive Species The…

Introduction: A Historic Event It would be of great interest to many to learn that a gray whale has been found off the coast of New England in relatively recent time, that is in hundreds of years. This sighting is…