This spring, once the gorge was accessible and he obtained permits, Apodaca began a rescue operation for the greens living in ...

Customers pulling up to a fast food in Cary, North Carolina, weren’t expecting to meet a reptilian customer in line. Over the ...

A pack of wild dogs has been putting residents of a small northeastern North Carolina town on high alert. Authorities in Scotland Neck on Sunday announced plans to tranquilize the dogs. By Monday ...

The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

Maggie Valley is a popular elk-spotting area. There have been recent reports of dangerously close interactions and people ...

After being declared extinct in the wild, red wolves were reintroduced in North Carolina in 1987. For about 20 years, the population grew steadily to reach around 120 animals.

These wild animals are shy and secretive in nature, according to the commission. Feeding, touching, harming, harassing, or poaching an alligator is illegal in North Carolina, according to the ...

Officials clarified that the death is unrelated to a recent prairie dog die-off in the Townsend-Winona area northeast of Flagstaff.

North Carolina is home to some seriously supersized bugs, and these species are the biggest you'll find throughout the state.

A wild horse was reunited with her mom after the two were separated in North Carolina, officials said. Coastal Reserve volunteer Miriam Sutton A 6-day-old wild horse was separated from her mom ...

Elk are wild animals that are unpredictable and sometimes aggressive, especially during the fall breeding season. Also, female elk will defend their young when they feel threatened.

One of the largest male great white sharks ever recorded in the northwest Atlantic has made a splash near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.