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Africa’s Most Feared Snake Is Shyer Than You Think
A garage call in Durban turns into a quiet study of black mamba behavior, where a juvenile snake chose hiding…
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A garage call in Durban turns into a quiet study of black mamba behavior, where a juvenile snake chose hiding…
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Drone footage from September 2025 confirmed a mother vaquita swimming with a calf in Mexico's Upper Gulf of California, a…
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A spring morning in Georgia's Coastal Plain turned up coachwhips, racers, rat snakes, timber rattlesnakes, and four Eastern kingsnakes, offering…
If you follow wildlife conservation or animal welfare news, you might remember a story from spring of 2025. Two pregnant…
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We’ve all seen some version of the classic evolutionary diagram. A fish crawls out of a primordial swamp, sprouts legs,…
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A new documentary from cinematographer Andy Casagrande captures great white sharks at Guadalupe Island and South Africa's Seal Island, revealing…
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A visit to the Crocodile Zoo Protivin in the Czech Republic reveals saltwater crocs, Cuban crocodiles, false gharials, and pied…
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When people talk about helping bees, the advice is usually simple: plant more flowers. That advice is not wrong. Bees…
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A Blue Planet II segment shows researchers finding plastic bags, food packaging, and even a fatal toothpick inside albatross chicks,…
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A sperm whale that stranded on Kauai had a stomach packed with fishing nets, plastic bags, hagfish traps, and undigested…
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Florida footage of a great blue heron swallowing a juvenile alligator looks shocking, but it fits squarely within the diet…
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A short clip filmed on the Seine near Paris shows a wels catfish ambushing a pigeon at the surface, a…
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A brief clip of a goliath grouper inhaling a hooked shark looks shocking, but the behavior fits neatly into what…
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A roadside encounter between a hippo and rhinos looks like a fight in the making, but the wide gape and…
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A new study finds that invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida can open their jaws even wider than researchers previously…
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Footage from a Yorkshire nest shows a mute swan abandoning her clutch of ten eggs to chase a rival female…
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The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox or polar fox, is one of the most resilient…
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Every once in a while, the internet throws a story our way that feels entirely surreal. If you’ve spent any…
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When you think of Google, you likely think of search engines, smartphones, and artificial intelligence. You probably don’t think of…
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New high-speed footage and microCT scans reveal how globular springtails, tiny hexapods living in leaf litter, achieve the fastest aerial…
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A fractured wedge-tailed eaglet found grounded in Doreen, Victoria was rehabilitated and returned to its parents' nest, a strategy backed…
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Each spring, horseshoe crabs flood Delaware Bay to spawn, feeding migratory shorebirds and supplying medicine with their blue blood. A…
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If you’ve ever stood on a coastline or the deck of a boat during migration season, watching a 40-ton humpback…
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Most people meet moles through frustration. Or maybe it’s just me? I play ball in the backyard with my dog,…
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A new MBARI video showcases Japetella diaphana, a rare open-water octopus that switches between transparent and opaque orange to evade…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: We get letters from time to time from A-Z Animals readers, and not only do they remind us…
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Filmmaker Andy Casagrande's 360° footage of a great hammerhead offers a close look at a critically endangered predator whose unusual…
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A call-out in KwaZulu-Natal turned up a two-metre black mamba coiled inside the tube of a leaf blower, a hiding…
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A look at the perentie, Australia's largest monitor lizard, and the thermoregulation, habitat use, and predator pressures that shape its…
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Researchers dissecting a museum specimen traced a stray tendon to an unexpected place, revealing that the aye-aye, Madagascar's strangest lemur,…
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In the Reservoir Hills of KwaZulu-Natal, a resident recently spotted a massive silhouette lounging on a pile of garden refuse.…
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In the muddy depths of a Florida enclosure, a massive American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) named Split Jaw presents a challenge…
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For anyone who followed the emotional standoff at Ridglan Farms, this is the update animal lovers were hoping for: hundreds…
At first glance, the Instagram reel looks like pure sweetness as a baby bear runs toward its mother in Western…
Drop a nut on the floor, and there’s a good chance your dog will snap it up before you can…
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At first glance, a mother duck followed by a long, wobbling parade of ducklings looks like a sweet family scene.…
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A black bear nursing four cubs on the shoulder of Town Mountain Road in Asheville, North Carolina, is adorable at…
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A short video from Mount Wilson in California shows the kind of wildlife encounter that makes your stomach drop: a…
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For years, elephants have been described as having amazing memories and that they never forget. However, the more interesting truth…
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National Pet Day, aka April 11, merits its own special day because it taps into something people already know in…
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One day in June 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was watching chimpanzees in Uganda’s Kibale National Park when he saw something…
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At first glance, a boa constrictor and a python can look surprisingly similar. Both are thick-bodied, nonvenomous snakes that kill…
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Lion Appears in Gujarat Alley as Cattle Scatter This video surveillance footage shows a herd of cattle running through a…
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A routine marine survey near the island of Cabrera, just south of Mallorca, turned into a breakthrough moment when scientists…
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A night dive off Komodo Island, Indonesia, turned unforgettable when an underwater videographer came face-to-face with one of the ocean’s…
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If your dog curls up at your feet every night, you’re not alone. Many pups pick this exact spot to…
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A fluffy pup strolls through the park, kids squeal with excitement — and before anyone can react, a stranger reaches…
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During Shakira’s three-night stop in Quito, Ecuador, for her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, an unexpected feel-good moment…
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Whether you have a marine animal lover in your family or you simply find yourself in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and looking…
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A massive 13-foot alligator was caught in Alabama last week, and it weighed in at a whopping 600 pounds. According…