This may be one of the most extraordinary love stories you will ever hear. The life of a lost soul called Billy Mail was ...

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A CHILDLESS Scot has revealed how he ended up adopting a wild otter as his daughter – after it begged him for help. Billy Mail is featured in a stunning new National Geographic special which ...

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While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even ...

Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new information about ...

Wildlife sightings are abundant in America's national parks. For those looking to spot a bear, these 13 national parks are ...

Though it can look majestic with its mountain backdrop, this state capital in the Pacific Northwest seldom makes in on to a ...

EXCLUSIVE: “On October 26th, the end came,” says the grave voice of explorer Ernest Shackleton, as his crew unload animals ...

Large herbivores, such as bison and elk, have lived continuously in Yellowstone National Park for more than two millennia, a ...

Large herbivores like bison or elk have continuously lived in the Yellowstone National Park region for about 2,300 years, ...

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