1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (336+ words) June 9 (UPI) -- An alligator is on the loose in Indiana after escaping from a man who puts on animal shows at schools and other venues across the state. Mark Kohlhorst, proprietor of the "Mark's Ark" animal show, said a small…...

1+ day ago  (218+ words) June 8 (UPI) -- An Australian wildlife park intensified its search for a missing Tasmanian devil after the absconded animal was caught on a resident's home security camera. Paradise Country in the Oxenford suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, said Mary, the Tasmanian…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (235+ words) June 5 (UPI) -- Wildlife officials in Kentucky said reports of a mountain lion on the loose in the state are a "hoax," with one caught-on-camera animal being identified as a bobcat. One resident reported spotting a mountain lion in the Richmond…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (343+ words) June 4 (UPI) -- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed the first case of a flesh-eating screwworm fly in the United States in 60 years. As expected, @USDA_APHIS confirmed the detection of'a'New World Screwworm'(NWS)'fly in a 3 week old bovine in Zavala County, Texas....

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (219+ words) June 3 (UPI) -- The San Diego Humane Society's Project Wildlife program announced an orphaned long-tailed weasel has successfully been rehabilitated and returned to the wild. Officials said the weasel was found as a newborn in Riverside County on March 20 and was…...

6+ day, 46+ min ago  (245+ words) June 3 (UPI) -- A search involving tracker dogs and thermal imaging drones is underway in Queensland, Australia, after a Tasmanian devil escaped from a wildlife park. The Paradise Country park in Oxenford said the 2-year-old Tasmanian devil, named Mary, escaped from…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (219+ words) June 3 (UPI) -- The San Diego Humane Society's Project Wildlife program announced an orphaned long-tailed weasel has successfully been rehabilitated and returned to the wild. Officials said the weasel was found as a newborn in Riverside County on March 20 and was…...

6+ day, 46+ min ago  (245+ words) June 3 (UPI) -- A search involving tracker dogs and thermal imaging drones is underway in Queensland, Australia, after a Tasmanian devil escaped from a wildlife park. The Paradise Country park in Oxenford said the 2-year-old Tasmanian devil, named Mary, escaped from…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (907+ words) Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That's how much plastic waste the world is predicted to be generating every year by 2050 if nothing is done to change…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (284+ words) June 2 (UPI) -- A parakeet on the loose in a Scottish suburb is being blamed for causing thousands of dollars in damage by pecking away at the rubber parts of residents' cars. Residents said the small parrot has been seen wandering…...