KNSD-TV / video screen shot Man Allegedly Carries Daughter Into Elephant Enclosure at Zoo, Drops Her While Escaping Charging Animal 'A lot of people froze and didn’t know really what to, how to take it in, then immediately everyone was pleading with him.' By Amanda Thomason March 22, 2021
New York State Police / Facebook screen shot Trooper Spots Wounded Bald Eagle on Side of Busy Highway, Teams with Rescuers to Bring Animal to Safety Using his K9 bite gear, Whalen was able to coax the bird into a crate provided by the Warwick Valley Animal Rescue. By Amanda Thomason March 18, 2021
John French / EyeEm / Getty Images Woman Walks Into an Alaskan Outhouse, Doesn't Notice Massive Beast Lurking Below Until It Attacks Shannon Stevens' backcountry trip led to more than she bargained for when she faced an unexpected visitor inside an outhouse. By Taylor Penley March 7, 2021
WBBH-TV screen shot Razor-Toothed Amazonian River Monster Found in American Waters, Adults Can Reach 10 Feet in Length 'They can get up to 10 feet, weigh a couple of hundred pounds at least, and they can leap out of the water at great heights.' By C. Douglas Golden February 19, 2021
@BAS_News / Twitter screen shot Scientists Stunned to Find Life Under Nearly 3,000 Feet of Antarctic Ice 'We were expecting to retrieve a sediment core from under the ice shelf, so it came as a bit of a surprise when we hit the boulder and saw from the video footage that there were animals living on it.' By Erin Coates February 16, 2021
Houston Zoo / YouTube screen shot Who Knew That Sea Lions Could Paint? Zoo Sells Special Valentine-Themed Art Work Not every animal becomes an artist, though - they have to show they enjoy it, and then they have to choose their tools. By Amanda Thomason February 6, 2021
Giraffe Conservation Foundation / YouTube screen shot Scientists in 'Disbelief' After Discovering Dwarf Giraffes in Africa 'Instances of wild animals with these types of skeletal dysplasias are extraordinarily rare.' By Erin Coates January 17, 2021
Trevor Bexon / Getty Images Environmental Groups Will Sue Trump Admin for Trying to Prevent Wildfires The outgoing Trump administration has a plan to prevent wildfires, but environmental groups have threatened a lawsuit to stop it. By The Associated Press January 13, 2021
VasekM / Shutterstock Man Loses Touch with Reality After a Hunt, Doctors Discover Rare Disease He May Have Caught from His Prey One fateful decision made after a hunt may have had devastating consequences for this 61-year-old man in New York. By Samantha Kamman January 3, 2021
Getty Images Kentucky Officials Use Robot Deer To Nab Man Suspected of Spotlighting The man, 29, was held in the Taylor County Detention Center on a $5,000 cash bond. And this wasn't his first run-in with the law. By Erin Coates January 2, 2021