Wildlife

Beattie Gulch bison hunt ‘chaos and confusion’ shown in federal reports

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Beattie Gulch bison hunt 'chaos and confusion' shown in federal reports

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LA County Tries to Stop Catalina Island Plans to Put Down Invasive Deer Using Helicopters

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LA County Tries to Stop Catalina Island Plans to Put Down Invasive Deer Using Helicopters

A proposal from California’s Catalina Island to put down invasive mule deer by helicopter has drawn a scathing response from Los Angeles County leadership. The Catalina Island Conservancy, which manages 88 percent of the land in the unincorporated territory, presented a plan to the Department of Fish and Wildlife last August to eradicate the population, … Read more

A brief investigation into whether Charlotte The Pregnant Ray is scamming us all | deserter

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A brief investigation into whether Charlotte The Pregnant Ray is scamming us all | deserter

In February, when a North Carolina aquarium announced that its stingray, Charlotte, had become pregnant despite not having any contact with males in eight years, people began to speculate wildly about how she could having passed this virginal conception. The drama of Charlotte’s pregnancy was undoubtedly fueled by the way the aquarium announced it. Brenda … Read more

What is the gorilla hail that is pelting parts of Iowa, the Midwest this spring?

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What is the gorilla hail that is pelting parts of Iowa, the Midwest this spring?

DESTROYED NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS TORNADO. MOUNT AIRE IN SOUTHERN IOWA IS DOING SOME TORNADO AND HEAVY ROCK DAMAGE. SOME ROCKS WERE BIGGER THAN BASEBALL SIZE. KCCIS ETHAN HUMMEL TALKED TO A COUPLE ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT REMAINS AND. NOT MANY MOUNT AIRES DID AS MUCH DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO AS WINE MILLS, … Read more

What are Polk’s most gator-infested lakes? You might be surprised

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An alligator sunbathing in Lake Kissimmee east of Lake Wales in 2012.

Polk County residents are no strangers to alligators. Apparently they inhabit all holes filled with water. More than 1 million alligators call the state of Florida home, but where do they live? Each year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission takes a census of 50 alligator-infested sites in Florida to assess how many alligators … Read more