‘It looked like … two [additional] eyes’

‘It looked like … two [additional] eyes’

A scientist in New England found startling images captured by a trail camera, which show the first documented case of this strange behavior of insects in the region. What’s going on? “It’s almost like the moose had two [additional] eyes,” Laurence Clarfeld, an environmental researcher at the University of Vermont, told Scientific American. “At first, … Read more

Trail camera captures tension between 2 rare predators: ‘This is freaky’

Trail camera captures tension between 2 rare predators: ‘This is freaky’

A trail camera in a Minnesota forest captured an intense scene between two elusive but fiercely territorial predators. The video, shared by Northern News Now, was taken by a trail camera at the Chik-Wauk Nature Center and Museum in northern Minnesota. (Viewers are advised to turn down the volume before watching the video, as it … Read more

‘This kind of discovery is what drives me’

‘This kind of discovery is what drives me’

A wildlife photographer was surprised to find that a trail camera he placed in a den was still working after more than a decade. Wildlife filmmaker Casey Anderson claimed he left a camera behind in a bear den near Yellowstone more than 10 years ago, Newsweek reported. In a video posted on the Endless Venture … Read more

‘A glimpse into their secret lives’

‘A glimpse into their secret lives’

A conservation group is celebrating after a years-long effort to find an elusive cat known as the “ghost of the Andes” has finally paid off. Big Cat Rescue has posted footage on YouTube of a family of Andean mountain cats caught on film by a trail camera. In a post on Facebook, she described the … Read more