Wildlife experts urge against feeding gators with three local attacks in two weeks

For the third time this month, a person has been injured, and in one instance killed, in a gator attack. The latest involves a 13-year-old girl who's now in the hospital after being bitten by a gator near a boat ramp in Hardee County.

Diner discovers 100-million-year-old dinosaur footprints at restaurant in China

Paleontologists went to the restaurant and used a 3D scanner to confirm that it was the tracks of two brontosauruses from the early Cretaceous period.

James Webb Space Telescope to be featured on US postage stamp

The new James Webb Space Telescope Forever stamp will be available in September, but individuals can preorder the stamp in August.

Buzz Aldrin's moon-flown Apollo 11 jacket sells for record $2.8M

The Apollo 11 spaceflight jacket worn by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon in 1969 with Neil Armstrong, exceeded expectations when it sold for an astonishing $2.8 million.

Nearly 3,000 giant African land snails removed in Pasco County

One month after the discovery of the giant African land snails in Pasco County, officials have removed almost 3,000 invasive species.

‘Murder hornets’ get a new name; now called northern giant hornets

The invasive species that were known as the "murder hornets" or "Asian giant hornets" now have a new name and will be called the northern giant hornets.

Japanese city searching for wild monkeys after nearly 40 people attacked

The wild monkey attacks have reportedly included a 4-year-old girl who was scratched during an apartment break-in. In another incident, a monkey breached a kindergarten classroom.

Pennsylvania man dies after he was strangled by pet snake that was later shot by police

A man has died days after he was found with a snake wrapped around his neck inside his home in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. An officer who responded to the scene shot and killed the snake, authorities say.

Alligator bites 13-year-old in Hardee County

A teenager was hospitalized after she was bitten by an alligator in Hardee County.

100-pound sailfish leaps out of water, stabs woman off Florida coast

A 70-year-old woman was stabbed by a 100-pound sailfish that leaped out of the water and attacked her as her companions were trying to reel it in on a boat near the Florida coast, authorities said.

Turtle nesting season brings in record-breaking numbers, Mote Marine says

Mote Marine said this turtle nesting season was record-breaking. So far, preliminary counts show there were more than 4,000 nests along the beaches from Longboat Key through Venice, which is almost 1,000 more than last year.

Tomorrow's 'Top Gun' might have drone wingman, use AI

One day, fighter pilots will “have a drone aircraft that’s flying as a loyal wingman” under their control.