10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (487+ words) The Trump administration has been secretly plotting to gift a portion of Yosemite National Park to a private developer, a new report claims. The eyebrow-raising deal, which prior administrations rejected, would award a sliver of the iconic national park to…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (223+ words) The Daily Beast Scientists Stunned by Orcas Making Prey Explode The ramming “could have just been for fun,” a scientist said. Scientists have documented a bizarre new behavior in killer whales that left researchers astonished: body-slamming giant prey…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (706+ words) One person died, and three others remained missing Tuesday after a pontoon boat capsized near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Emergency crews responding shortly after 3:30 p.m. found the vessel almost completely submerged, with its motor still running and leaking fuel,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (235+ words) Taco Bell has pulled The parasite travels through water and uncooked produce fouled with human waste, and can take up to two weeks to make someone ill. The outbreak has caused no fatalities, and officials advise cooking produce or rinsing it…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (372+ words) Must-know stories (and glorious gossip) from the D.C. mire. The Department of Interior is moving to evict from the Montana prairie hundreds of bison—a symbol of the American West and the once-critically endangered animal on the department’s own seal. The…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (542+ words) RFK Jr. has a history of extreme animal encounters, including revealing in his own diaries that he once pulled his car over and cut the penis off a dead raccoon, which he planned to study at a later date. He…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (262+ words) The Daily Beast World’s Oldest Land Animal Still Alive After Viral Hoax The tortoise, who hatched in 1832, is still very much alive and well. A 194-year-old tortoise previously feared dead is still living, after a viral hoax duped several…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (80+ words) The famed primate whisperer died Wednesday morning from natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute announced. Chimpanzee Whisperer Jane Goodall Dies at Age 91 The famed primate whisperer was on a U.S. speaking tour when she died Wednesday morning. Jane Goodall, the world-renowned…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (43+ words) Critics allege the potential de-extinction will pose “a huge moral hazard.” Scientists Claim to Potentially Revive Long-Extinct Dodo Bird Critics allege the potential de-extinction will pose “a huge moral hazard.” Got a tip? Send it to…...