The elk didn’t even see the bear coming. On Friday, September 18, Yellowstone National Park visitor B.E. Judson caught “grisly” footage of a Grizzly bear attacking and killing a bull elk in the Yellowstone River, before dragging the carcass to the riverbank to begin his meal.
The sudden deaths of some 330 elephants in northwestern Botswana earlier this year may have occurred because they drank water contaminated by toxic blue-green algae, the government announced Monday. The elephants in the Seronga area died from a neurological disorder that appears to have been caused by drinking water tainted […]
The Junction Butte wolf pack in Yellowstone facing off with a grizzly bear. After twenty-five years since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, we have the opportunity to view these apex predators again competing, but more importantly, we have the opportunity to learn about the natural world […]
Paul Stinson was vacationing in Yellowstone National Park when he stumbled across an incredible find. The Texas resident happened upon a herd of bison fording a river, Yahoo! Entertainment shared as video. And Stinson was ready with his camera. As the bison crossed the river, he recorded it all and saved it […]
One of Yellowstone National Park‘s largest geysers erupted this August after more than six years of silence. “On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Giantess Geyser roared back to life after a period of more than 6-1/2 years without erupting,” the iconic national park announced on social media Saturday, along with a video […]
Home to around one-third of the world’s endangered mountain gorilla population, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hugely important to global conservation. This video from TerraMatters gives some more insights on the current state. If you are interested in more, check out Virunga on […]
From time to time, the problems we all face can seem overwhelming. Headlines on environmental stories these days can be shocking, sometimes even terrifying, when they talk about collapse of biodiversity and loss of large wildlife species, massive insect die-offs, and pollution affecting large waterways and lands. But […]
The Florida legislation will go into effect in 2021 in an effort to protect the world’s third-largest barrier reef ecosystem. The planet’s coral reefs are in trouble. Like many organisms and habitats, they are suffering from a number of assaults courtesy of modern humankind. One such adverse contribution […]
Climate change is causing glaciers in Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists say. Climate change is one of the key environmental concerns for 2019. David Hik, an ecology professor at Simon Fraser […]
North America’s three bear species — black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears — don’t typically live in the same place. But in Wapusk National Park, on the west coast of Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba, Canada. Now they caught all three bears on camera — for the first time. Click […]