Wildlife Encounter News Archives | The Cool Down

A snake on a restroom floor.

Outdoors

Singapore mother steps on snake in Bird Paradise toilet before it slithers down a drain

Firefighters and fire trucks at a school.

Home

Teacher defends escaped 8-foot python blamed for setting off Virginia middle school fire

A huntsman spider.

Tech

Barbados huntsman spider found in UK cargo shipment as animal stowaways spike

A person unclogging a sink pipe.

Home

Plumber discovers python after cutting into clogged sink pipe

A king cobra.

Home

Nearly 14-foot king cobra rescued after family finds it hiding in their courtyard

A monocled cobra.

Home

After a tense hour, Assam rescuers pull highly venomous monocled cobra from tea-estate bungalow

A hammerhead flatworm.

Outdoors

Texas gardeners warned not to slice hammerhead flatworm that preys on earthworms

A wild boar.

Outdoors

'Suddenly, the wild boar ... ran straight into our house': Man rescues 2-year-old from frightening boar encounter

Four people looking under a car.

Outdoors

UK police call reptile experts after snake hitches ride on patrol car

A tick warning sign.

Tech

Long Island residents call this the worst tick year yet, but experts aren't so sure

A science classroom.

Tech

Escaped snake blamed for fire at Virginia middle school

A gray rat snake.

Outdoors

Video shows gray rat snake emerge from hood of Tennessee family's moving car