A great white shark measuring 15 feet was discovered off a popular surfing locale by Australian government contractors Monday while doing routine checks on the controversial shark nets designed to protect swimmers and surfers. The massive shark, with pectoral fins more than (…)
Matthew Swanson spent three days watching his father and brother reel in one large pike after another, while he was basically skunked. But on the fourth day of their family trip to Minnesota’s Rainy River, the 17-year-old got the last laugh by landing a 45.25-inch northern (…)
Donovan Benetti, a freshman wrestler at Drury University in Missouri, is recovering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen suffered Saturday during a hunting accident in Phelps County. Drury Wrestling has been posting updates on Facebook and on Monday stated: “Donovan is fully (…)
Like police dogs put to work in big cities, anti-poaching dogs assigned to wilderness outposts are placed in perilous situations as part of their daily routines. Keenly aware of this fact are the handlers of Akita, a female Malinois shepherd who is recovering from (…)
Professional surfer Will Skudin of New York survived one of the more brutal wipeouts of the Nazare Challenge, a big-wave contest held Friday by the World Surf League in Portugal. The Long Beach native was “unable to set his stance” on the big wave during Round 1 of the (…)
At a time when many animal species are inching closer to extinction, at least two threatened species are on the rebound. Fin whales, once hunted to the brink of extinction, have been upgraded from Endangered to Vulnerable, according to a report published this week by the (…)
