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Bear Mauls Hiker in Okutama During Spike in Sightings

Officials warn 2026 could rival last year’s record bear encounters.

Japan’s ‘Monster Wolf’ Orders Soar, Forcing 2–3 Month Waits in Bear Crisis

Federal Investigation Opens After Tourist Hurls Rock at Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

Yellowstone Bear Encounter Injures Two Hikers as Closures Continue Near Old Faithful

Young Mountain Lion Tranquilized in Escondido, Released Near Cleveland National Forest

Pacoima Bear Tranquilized Near School, Returned to Angeles National Forest

Two Hikers Injured in Bear Encounter on Yellowstone’s Mystic Falls Trail

Early Surge of Young Great Whites Off Southern California Triggers Warnings and Surf Contest Delay

Third California Snakebite Death Confirmed as Early Rattlesnake Season Intensifies

Bear Incidents Keep Ramsey Cascades Closed at Great Smoky Mountains as Abrams Falls Reopens

Shark Circles Children at Guarujá Beach in Viral Video

Inverness Launches Public Gull Incident Reporting After 'Coordinated' Swoops at Easter Hunt

Ventura County Logs Sixth Rattlesnake Bite Near CSU Channel Islands

Teen Surfer Says Shark Bit His Foot at Middleton Beach

Disney World Warns of Spring Alligator Surge as Mating Season Begins

Viral Video Shows Cobra in Krabi Hotel Room as Couple Slept

Preliminary Necropsy Points to Boat Strike in Rockaway Beach Sei Whale Death

Juvenile Great White Circles Newport Beach Surfer, Prompting Brief Water Closure

Deer Confirmed in Osaka Park Near Umeda After Morning 110 Calls

Otter Bites Marathon Spectator in Cary, Prompting Rabies Treatment