Like an ursine Sarah Connor, Grazer is one tough mother. She preemptively attacks huge males that might threaten her offspring. And she's focused on the future, eating all the salmon she can catch.

Pinpointing sources of light pollution could help conservationists save sea turtle hatchlings.

The winning photographs star different species from around the world, all highlighting the interplay between animals and humans. The two grand titles went to shots of a horseshoe crab and barn owls.

The songbirds died late last week after smashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a mostly glass building.

Historically, pets — everything from birds to cats to dogs — have been part of the White House. And Biden's dog Commander isn't alone. More than a few have ended up embroiled in some controversy.

To figure out what baby turtles see when they hatch, researchers in Georgia are collecting images from their point of view.

The two backpackers in Canada's Banff National Park seem to have emptied a can of bear spray, trying to get the animal to leave their camp. When rescuers arrived, the bear charged at them.

The Bidens are trying to "work through solutions," a spokesperson said, after Commander bit a series of Secret Service agents. In the meantime, the German shepherd is staying somewhere else.

A new global assessment of the world's amphibians finds that more than 2 of every 5 known species is at risk of extinction. Habitat loss, disease and climate change are the main drivers.

The National Zoo's three giant pandas are set to return to China in December with no public signs the 50-year-old exchange agreement struck by President Richard Nixon will continue. The departure of the bears from the nation's capital would mean the only giant pandas left in America are at the Atlanta Zoo — and that agreement expires next year.

Explaining the draw of gawking at massive bears, a park ranger says, "You can follow the bears for years and really get to know their lives and their personalities and their soap operas."

Fall is tarantula mating time in the plains of southeastern Colorado. The small city of La Junta is celebrating the spiders' season of romance with its second annual tarantula festival.

Frederick Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, allegedly used an encrypted messaging app to discuss dogfighting with people across the U.S.

Experts believe high water temperatures are the most likely cause of the deaths in the lakes in the region. Temperatures since last week have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit in the Tefe Lake region.

Authorities received a GPS alert of a bear attack, and once on the scene, found two deceased individuals and an aggressive bear.