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Mother arrested after 12-year-old son was killed in alligator attack
Hilda Vasquez was arrested by New Orleans police on charges of negligent homicide after her son was killed in an alligator attack and found dead in a lagoon near their house.www.dailymail.co.uk
Mother of 12-year-old boy asks for more time to find attorney after arrest
According to NOPD arrest records, Hilda Vasquez, mother of Bryan Vasquez, is facing charges of second-degree cruelty to a juvenile and negligent homicide.www.wdsu.com
Mother of 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez appears in court for arraignment
As part of the court’s conditions, Vasquez is barred from contacting her children while the case is pending.www.wwltv.com
A chameleon’s ‘ballistic tongue’ may inspire blood clot-clearing robots
Chameleons and salamanders can fire their tongues as fast as 16 feet/second.
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It took half a century to solve the mystery of Missouri’s deadly snake panic
Plus chameleons eyeballs and other weird things we learned this week.
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15 striking images from the Black and White Photo Awards 2025
The simple monochrome beauty of our complex world.
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12 compelling wildlife photographs from BigPicture 2025
Leaping lemurs, snow-eyed Pallas’ cats, and battling cuttlefish.
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10 beautiful images from the 2025 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year awards
A curious lion cub, a brave wolf spider, and a frolicking fox.
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15 marvelous Nature Photographer of the Year 2024 images
A giant octopus, a bobbing puffin, and a sea turtle in the claws of a crab.
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10 delightful images from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Flying penguins? Nah, just a polar plunge.
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15 riveting images from the 2025 UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition
'The ocean is the source of all life and that everything in nature is deeply connected.'
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15 splashy and stunning underwater wildlife images
From flying penguins to brawling alligators, the 2024 Ocean Art Contest winners are incredible.
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Watch this eel robot effortlessly glide underwater
Researchers built the robot to investigate how eels migrate on empty stomachs.
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Woman punches gator to save her dog
A quiet evening walk behind her Land O’ Lakes home turned into a life-or-death struggle for Danie Wright when a five-foot alligator emerged from a watermoss-covered creek and snatched her 4-month-old Shih Tzu puppy. Wright was strolling with Dax near the stagnant waterway when the reptile struck...
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Zoo bans spectators from showing reels to baby Chimpanzees
A Chinese zoo has captured global attention after implementing an unusual rule to protect one of its youngest residents from the digital age’s influence. Shanghai Wildlife Park recently banned visitors from showing mobile phone videos to Ding Ding, a two-year-old chimpanzee who has become an...
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Terrifying bear attacks caught on camera
A hiker was killed in northern Greece this summer after he fell down a ravine while being charged at by a bear.
