Tornado Updates

A stranded great white shark that washed ashore on the island of Nantucket was given a second chance at life thanks to concerned beachgoers who managed to push it back into the ocean.

Start your day with the latest weather news. Hawaii is monitoring the progress of tropical systems spinning in the Pacific Ocean, and Hurricane Hunters are now set to investigate.

One, if not two, tropical cyclones are expected to venture close to the islands during the remaining days of August. The closest feature to the islands is known as Invest EP91, which was about 1,000 miles away from Hawaii. Hurricane Gilma is the stronger and more organized of the two features.

The National Weather Service will revamp the Wind Chill, Extreme Cold and Freeze alerts starting this fall.

Scientists recently announced a new species of tarantula found crawling through the forests of the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. Their discovery could hint that more tarantula species may exist in the poorly sampled mountain range.

A woman climbed the fence to the Bengal tiger enclosure at a New Jersey zoo over the weekend and was nearly bitten by the 500-pound tiger, a now-deleted video by local police shows.

The hellbender is a large, aquatic salamander that favors clean, cool water. These animals spend most of their time under rocks. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that the population has dropped by about 70% since the 1970s.

An Alaska hunter suffered dual injuries both at the hand of an attacking brown bear, and by gunfire during attempts to help fend off the attack Saturday, wildlife officials said.