Wild Nature

Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park in Alaska and this year, the competition is fiercer than ever.

Beachgoers may be watching for rip currents, rough surf or even sharks, but snakes aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when heading to the beach.

Researchers have identified Leopardus tilcayo, a previously unknown species of tiny wild cat, in Bolivia’s cloud forests, marking the first formal description of a new living cat species in more than a century.

Dead salmon and other fish discovered beneath the I-90 floating bridge in Lake Washington have prompted an investigation into what killed them and whether equipment designed to protect the bridge from corrosion played a role.

Bear attacks are at an all-time high in Colorado as bears continue to seek food in residential areas across the state.

Here's what to know about the 21-state coalition suing the Trump administration's Fish and Wildlife Services and National Marine Fisheries Service.

Six bears have died on Tahoe roads in the last two weeks, a local non-profit said. In one case, a mama bear was seen trying to get her dead cub up and drag her baby off the road, witnesses recalled.

A mystery animal attacked a man in a Lebanon, New Hampshire, parking lot, surveillance video released by police shows.