Local search for North Carolina

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (851+ words) Patrick Sullivan was sure it was a "crazy neighbor" honking a car horn nonstop while Sullivan was up feeding his infant son at 3 a.m. one night this summer. It was a neighbor all right, but not a human one. A black…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (314+ words) Oh deer! A wild call in Florida resulted in sheriff's deputies finding a large buck in a home's bathroom. Posting a body camera video to social media, the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office called it "a true deer-in-the-headlights moment" and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (162+ words) A new wildlife crossing built into a stretch of road in northwestern North Carolina is giving one of the smallest and least visible animals in the state a fighting chance against traffic: the bog turtle. The subterranean passage is designed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (287+ words) Researchers in Chile have designed an unlikely new garment for injured penguins — snug red vests threaded with copper and zinc that they hope will help the aquatic birds heal faster. Veterinarians have found success in the past using such suits…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (155+ words) Twenty years after Steve Irwin’s death, the “Crocodile Hunter” remains a global symbol of wildlife conservation. Irwin died on September 4, 2006, after a stingray attack while filming off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Twenty years after his death, fans worldwide are marking…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1619+ words) A lake this big should probably be harder to miss. Instead, most people drive right past it. That’s part of the charm of this quiet corner of eastern North Carolina, where the horizon opens up, the roads get quieter, and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (251+ words) A Colorado family woke up to an unusual surprise when they walked downstairs and saw a bear sitting in their kitchen. "I was in the bathroom with my daughter, doing her hair, and we heard a loud bang. Zara, the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (211+ words) The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office is warning residents and visitors of increased coyote activity around Forsyth Technical Community College. The alert comes after deputies responded to the campus on Friday for a coyote that had gotten trapped in a fence....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (907+ words) Last winter was tough for marmots living high in the Colorado mountains, where researchers say two-thirds of one population died while hibernating because of insufficient snow cover. Those that survived are doing well, fattening up in time not just for…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (181+ words) A person was taken to the hospital after a reported bear encounter at a home Tuesday night in Buncombe County. Fire crews responded around 9 p.m. to a reported bear attack. When crews arrived, firefighters used a siren in an attempt to…...