Columbus, OH

CBS Denver

A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them.Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday they were tagging marine life on the northeast coast when the three-meter tiger shark they caught vomited a dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to a hedgehog.Nicolas Lubitz said he could only assume the shark gobbled up the echidna — also known as spiny anteaters — while it was swimming in the shallows off the island, or traveling between islands, which the animals are known to do."We were quite shocked at...

Shark spits out land-loving creature in front of shocked scientists

A man and a woman have been charged over the death of a three-year-old boy who was attacked by a dangerous dog. Daniel Twigg died after sustaining injuries from the dog on Tunshill Lane, Milnrow, Rochdale, on 15 May 2022. Mark Twigg, 42, of King Street, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, and...

Man and woman charged over boy's dog attack death

Oregon State

Gearhart, OR

LiveScience

A rare giant hoodwinker sunfish that washed ashore Gearhart beach in Oregon could be the largest of its species ever sampled.

Gigantic sunfish that washed up on Oregon beach could be the largest of its species ever found

CBS News

An "unusual" and "strange looking fish" washed up onto an Oregon coast earlier this month, shocking people with its gargantuan size. At first, experts thought it was just a "run of the mill ocean sunfish," known by the scientific name Mola mola, but now, they've learned it's something else — and rare. The Seaside Aquarium said in a Facebook post last week that the after photos of the massive 7.3-foot fish caused "quite a stir on social media," New Zealand researcher Mariann Nyegaard believed it was a species that isn't familiar to Oregon, but that she extensive experience with. The fish turned...

Rare 7-foot fish with a face "only a mother could love" washes ashore

USA TODAY

A rare fish species washed ashore on a Northern Oregon beach. See the photos of what could be the biggest specimen ever sampled.

See the rare, 7-foot sunfish that washed ashore in northern Oregon

When a giant ocean oddity washed up on a beach in northern Oregon, residents were flocking to get a closer look at a rarely-seen fish. Believing it to be the charismatic Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, pictures eventually made their way across the Pacific to the desk of marine biologist Marianne Nyegaard, who recognized that it was, in fact, a different species—one that’s even more mysterious.

Giant 7-foot Sunfish Found on Oregon Beach Turns Out to Be Rarest Member of the Species

BBC News, Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent. Having survived the night as Hurricane Beryl tore across her idyllic home of Union Island with ferocious force, Katrina Coy was taken aback by the extent of the devastation which lay before her. Virtually every building on the island, which lies off...

'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake

Sharks are rarely thought of as helpless, yet this is exactly how divers in Indonesia found a group of whale sharks. The sharks' dramatic rescue from last year is detailed in a YouTube video shared by Dylan Anderson (@Dylan_Anderson). "When these divers were scuba diving in Indonesia, they unexpectedly came...

Divers share disturbing footage of whale sharks trapped inside discarded fishing nets: 'This breaks my heart'

A-Z-Animals

When you think of flying animals, the first things that come to mind are birds. Birds are some of the closest relatives to dinosaurs, and they pretty much own the skies except for insects. However, there are also plenty of animals that fly that aren’t birds. In this article, we’ll discuss nine of the most […]

9 Animals That Fly (That Aren’t Birds!)

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the blaze broke out in Hereford.

Murder arrest after man dies in house fire

A transgender woman and darts player from Hull who has faced a wave of abuse and exclusion from competitions says she has been questioning her future within the game. Samantha Lewis's passion for darts runs deep, and the sport has spanned generations in her family. "Darts has been in my...

Transgender darts player shaken by abuse and bans

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

IFLScience

What’s The Fastest Bird In The World?

The Independent

A pair of white-tailed eagles are still caring for their injured youngster, a year after it was hurt in a nest fall, conservationists have said.The actions of the eagles, who are still feeding their chick and have skipped breeding this year on the Isle of Mull on the west coast of Scotland, have astonished experts.The RSPB said the youngster injured its wing when its nest fell to the ground during stormy weather last July, in an incident which its sibling survived unscathed and fledged soon after.While the parents supported the chick, its wing continued to heal and it finally took...

White-tailed eagle pair still tending to injured chick in its second year – RSPB

Indy100

You’ve no doubt heard of the curse of the Black Pearl, but how about the curse of the Mica Wreck?Whilst, admittedly, not quite as dramatic as a pirate ship teaming with zombies, the Mica, located 2,600 feet (almost 800 metres) down on the Gulf of Mexico’s seabed, is shrouded in its own mystifying legend.The wreck was discovered by chance in February 2001 when ExxonMobil oil workers inadvertently bisected it with a pipeline.Given that the Gulf of Mexico is one of the greatest hotbeds of maritime archeology in the world, experts seized the chance to explore the lost ship and unearth...

'Cursed' Gulf of Mexico shipwreck remains an unsolved mystery

The 17-year-old boy died in hospital after the incident at West Wittering beach, police say.

Boy, 17, dies during school trip to the beach

The story of Arne Slot's first day in pictures

Two children, including a two-year-old girl, have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being attacked by a dog in Barnsley. Police were called to Broadwater in Bolton-upon-Dearne at about 08:15 BST following reports a man, a nine-year-old boy and the girl had been bitten. South Yorkshire Police said...

Two children seriously injured in dog attack

Illinois State

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Chicago, IL

Chicago Happenings

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Objects more than a millennia old have gone on display at a Wiltshire museum to celebrate the life of the Anglo-Saxon King Athelstan 1,100 years after he came to the throne. Athelstan Museum in Malmesbury has put on display artefacts loaned from the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum for the Athelstan 1100 exhibition.

Anglo-Saxon exhibition on first King of all England

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More than 30 seabirds missing from Jersey headland

Two puffins, eight Razorbills and a group of Fulmars on the headland near Plemont have...

More than 30 seabirds missing from Jersey headland

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