Category: Animals
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The wild he trusted most was the thing that killed him
Gary Freeman spent decades guiding people through one of South Africa’s most unforgiving landscapes. He understood the bush as both livelihood and living force, something to respect but never fully control. That’s what gives his death its force. A man who had built his life around close contact with wildlife was killed not by unfamiliarity
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Disney’s robot dolphin hints at a future without live-animal marine shows
A dolphin-shaped machine breaking through the water looks like the kind of thing social media was built for. It’s strange, sleek, and just believable enough to make people assume a whole new era has already arrived. But the real story is less inflated, and more revealing. What Disney actually showed in late 2025 was an
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Big Bear’s bald eagle chicks need names, and fans are being invited to help
The two bald eagle chicks that hatched in Jackie and Shadow’s Big Bear nest earlier this month are now entering a new phase of internet fame. They need names. Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit behind the widely followed nest cam, has opened its 2026 naming contest for the pair, inviting fans to submit
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Snow raised the stakes for Jackie and Shadow’s eaglets in Big Bear
The snow changed the story. In Big Bear, Jackie’s eaglets had already entered the most fragile stretch of their lives, the brief window when warmth and food aren’t separate needs, but part of the same survival equation. Then the weather turned. By late afternoon, the nest was buried under fresh snow, and every minute of
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Why Jackie and Shadow’s eagle chicks are bonking each other
Jackie and Shadow’s eaglets are only a few days into life, and already the nest has entered a new phase. Viewers watching the Big Bear cam have seen the siblings peck, bump, and shove one another during feedings. To people dropping in for the first time, it can look harsh. In bald eagle nests, though,
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Virus from marine animals may be behind a rare eye illness in people
A strange new line may have just been drawn between the sea and human disease. In China, doctors have identified a small but growing cluster of people with severe eye problems, including glaucoma-like symptoms and, in some cases, permanent vision loss. What makes the cases especially unsettling is the suspected source: a virus once thought
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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. After days of peeping, cracking, and careful stillness, both eggs belonging to Jackie and Shadow had hatched, giving the bald eagle pair two new eaglets and their audience a moment weeks in the making. The
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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 new beginning. The latest official update from Friends of Big Bear Valley says Jackie and Shadow’s first chick is still in the process of hatching. Its head is already visible outside the shell, but the
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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 nearly two centuries. Jonathan, the Seychelles giant tortoise recognized as the world’s oldest living land animal, was reported dead in a viral social media post that spread quickly enough to trigger grief before confirmation. The