Commenters were floored. Onlooker captures video of tourists' reckless behavior near massive wild animal: 'Why?' first ...

"Know what grizzlies call people like this? Lunch." Onlooker captures video of tourists' dangerous behavior near wild grizzly bear: 'People have a death wish' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Wild animals are increasingly adjusting to urban environments through a process known as synurbization. That's an undoubtedly bad sign — and serves as a warning for how much nature has been damaged by ...

Crocodile experts responded to recent viral footage of a saltwater crocodile waving its feet in the air in a way that looks like a drowning human Can old crocodiles learn new tricks? The wild ...

Artificial light is one of the most ingrained features of modern life. For humans, light after dark offers convenience and a ...

Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles Xochitl Ortiz Ross has received funding ...

Wild hamsters might sound like a cartoon concept, but they are real animals that live across large parts of Europe and ...

A friend of mine recently sent me a beautiful and moving photo essay published by Isa Leshko capturing the "beauty and dignity of elderly animals" "in their winter years". As I looked at each of the ...

Benjamin Beck, an authority on "tooling," offers a state-of-the art clarification of this fascinating behavior and why it's essential to know more about the nitty-gritty details.

With wildlife filmmaking still at a nascent stage in the '70s, 'Roar' became a case study on how not to handle wild animals on a film set. Hollywood films have gripped audiences by bringing the wild ...