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Animals

'Fixing to mow me down' | Man in wheelchair fends off wild hog attack in SE Houston

Animals

Meet Kirby. She's a baby elephant born at the Houston Zoo

Shanti, a 34-year-old Asian elephant, gave birth to the healthy, 314-pound female after a 19-hour labor.
Animals

A zoo in Finland is returning giant pandas to China because they're too expensive to keep

A zoo in Finland has agreed to return two loaned giant pandas to China eight years early because they are too expensive for the facility to maintain.
Local News

Escaped primates on the loose in South Carolina's Lowcountry

Police say 40 primates have escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility on Castle Hall Road in Yemassee.
Animals

Pandas at the National Zoo Before 2023 Departure

Take in the beauty of the Giant Pandas on their final full day at the National Zoo. The Pandas were transferred back to China the day after this recording
Animals

'Absolute tank' of a bear found under deck in Colorado mountain town

The deck is one that the chonky old boar is fond of and he came back close to denning season.
Animals

Later gator! Fulshear officer relocates one that showed up at resident's front door

For Lt. Bill Henry, it was the second gator he caught on Friday.
Animals

Look but don't touch! Fireworm found on Texas beach can cause 'massive pain' if it stings you, researcher warns

“If you touch it, it can get stuck in your skin very easily and it causes massive pain for about three hours," TAMU-CC researcher Jace Tunnell warned.
Animals

Scientists in Utah discover rare green-colored dinosaur that was 75-feet long and weighed about 5 tons

Scientists involved in the discovery and recovery of a 150-million-year-old rare dinosaur battled rattlesnakes, mountain lions and gnats over 10 summers.
Local News

Heavy rain in Houston will bring out toxic hammerhead flatworms. Here's what to do and what NOT to do if you see one

The toxic hammerhead flatworms can irritate your skin and can make your pet sick. If you cut them in pieces, they will regenerate.
Animals

Baby bird rescued in Texas Panhandle wrapped in a warm tortilla until wildlife experts arrived

A family found the Mississippi kite on the ground while outside barbecuing. They said it felt cold so they heated up a tortilla on the grill to wrap around it.
Hurricane

South Padre wranglers round up 37 alligators and move them to Beaumont as Beryl churns toward Texas coast

With Hurricane Beryl threatening the South Texas coast, wranglers and volunteers moved 37 alligators from a Padre Island sanctuary to Gator Country in Beaumont.