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Finn Oakley has spent over five years as a nature and science writer at Discvr.Blog, drawing on his experience at National Geographic Channel. Based in Melbourne, he’s passionate about uncovering the world’s mysteries, dreams of returning to Peru, and enjoys Aussie Bites in his downtime.

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Zebra and giraffe form unlikely friendship at Georgia theme park

At Wild Adventures Theme Park, something unusual has taken shape between two animals that, in most circumstances, would simply pass…
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Apr 5, 2026
Animals

Jackie and Shadow welcome two eaglets after a difficult Big Bear season

As of Sunday afternoon, the long wait over Big Bear Lake had finally resolved into movement in the nest bowl.…
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Apr 5, 2026
Animals

Jackie and Shadow’s first chick is hatching as second egg begins to pip

After everything Jackie and Shadow have already been through this season, Big Bear is finally at the edge of a…
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Apr 5, 2026
Animals

Jonathan is still alive after a death rumor spread worldwide

For a little while, millions of people believed they were witnessing the end of a life that had stretched across…
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Apr 3, 2026
Animals

Jackie and Shadow’s home is now part of a $10 million race against time

Jackie and Shadow have become something larger than a local bald eagle pair. For millions of viewers, they are familiar…
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Apr 2, 2026
Animals

Jackie and Shadow may be reacting to the first sounds inside their eggs

At Big Bear, the most suspenseful moment of hatch season may arrive before viewers see anything at all. Jackie and…
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Apr 2, 2026
Animals

The Virginia Christmas tree owl story and the simple chimney fix behind it

A Virginia family was trimming the tree when they noticed something was off. 🦉 The star had been bumped aside,…
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Dec 26, 2025
Animals

The animals we almost lost and the people fighting to save them

On a cool Tasmanian afternoon, a retired soldier stands in thick scrub, listening for a sound that officially should not…
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Dec 10, 2025
Animals

Man trying to “convert” lions leaps into enclosure and survives mauling

On a warm November morning in 2004, families drifted past the lion exhibit at Taipei Zoo, pausing to watch a…
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Dec 9, 2025

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