Wild Nature

A family member reportedly jumped in the water and “beat the shark” until the girl was freed.

One local beach temporarily closed due to a sighting.

A Michigan man is accused of shooting deer from his truck while drunk because it helped him relieve frustration. He is also accused of spearing snapping turtles.

It was Yellowstone’s second reported incident this year of a visitor getting too close to the animal, and the bison “responding to the perceived threat,” officials said.

"[The owner] was worried about our safety, so he grabbed the frypan to shoo the croc away," Shane Chambers said.

"We were surprised to find that the sharks we tracked spent so much time near the lights and sounds of the busy city, often close to shore, no matter the time of day," the study author said.

Scientists say the giant stingray, measuring almost 13 feet from snout to tail, was caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia.

"You guys! It's a baby skunk!” Olmsted County Deputy Nate Jacobson documented the entire cute encounter, from rescue to rehab. And nope, he didn't get sprayed.

A young family recorded a scary encounter with a black bear during a hiking trip last week in Whistler, but their quick thinking kept things from getting worse.

A dramatic and violent encounter between two bears in nature was captured on video over the weekend.

Locals in the tiny town of Jackson, New Hampshire, are used to a few bears showing up this time of year, but there’s one particular bear that’s really making itself at home.

The black bear was spotted lingering near a garbage bin outside a school on Canada’s Vancouver Island.