Tag: ANIMALS
A surprisingly cute herd of bison trotted through upstate New York on Friday after they escaped from a farm near Albany. In the video above, taken by NBC, their jaunt through the town of Bethlehem is oddly serene and uplifting. Just try and watch it and not feel some joy for the creatures as they […]
The Upper West Side coyote has grown more brazen, venturing out from the wooded parkland and into the middle of Riverside Drive Thursday night. NBC New York got footage of the coyote trotting down the street like a jogger who thinks he’s too fast for the sidewalk. This is now the third night this coyote […]
New York’s coyotes are straight up trolling us, now. Weeks after a coyote was spotted on a Long Island City rooftop and one was seen in Chelsea, a wild dog was seen in Riverside Park on Wednesday morning, CBS reports. The coyote was seen between 96th and 79th streets around 5 AM. Police went after […]
On the night of April 19, Norwood, New Jersey resident Stephen Sinisi was attacked by a coyote while he walked his dog. The next day, CBS New York reports, animal control officers captured an aggressive coyote, but it was from a different pack, as the officers discovered two separate dens. Norwood is under siege from […]
A coyote attacked a man walking his dog in Northern New Jersey on Sunday night, NBC reports.The attack happened in Norwood, making it the second coyote attack in New Jersey this month, and yet another coyote sighting in the tri-state area in recent weeks. On April 14, a wild coyote was captured in Chelsea. Two […]
Just two weeks after a coyote was spotted on the roof of a bar in Long Island City, DNAinfo reports that police cornered and tranquilized a coyote that somehow ended up in the vicinity of 9th Avenue and West 28th Street on Tuesday morning. DNAinfo, who has video of the coyote in flight, quoted a […]
Belgian street artist ROA is known for creating massive murals of woodland creatures (and their anatomies) in cities all around the world. The gargantuan animals he inserts into gritty urban landscapes make for some very interesting juxtapositions. When it comes to his galleries shows though, ROA doesn’t just mimic the stuff he does on the […]
People passing by LIC Bar on Monday morning were in for a surprise when an apparent coyote was spotted on the rooftop of the establishment. DNAinfo reports that the animal was on the roof for over an hour, before heading to a paint factory nearby. “It got a little nervous and kind of hunkered down […]
The average life expectancy for a human being on Planet Earth is 70 years. A lot can happen in that time: A person (or replicant) can feel like they’ve lived forever, seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion and all that. But an ocean quahog — a type of clam– is the […]
According to National Geographic, a new study confirms that two species of vampire crabs — which are already popular as pets — are previously uncatalogued by scientists. Vampire crabs, so named for their bright yellow Nosferatu eyes, have become popular as pets among aquarium hobbyists in recent years. Their small size, freshwater habitat, and vibrant, […]
