Caught on video: provoked bison injures tourists

CNN via National Parks Traveler reports on the Yellowstone bison who charged at two tourists that got too close while taking video.

The video also shows someone off camera throwing a stick at the animal which has many speculating that this could have provoked the bison to charge.

Watch the video below:



See the full story: Bison that charged Yellowstone NP visitors was provoked

Sea lions back in SF

USA Today reports on the return of sea lions to San Francisco bay.

After an abrupt disappearance that left tourists disappointed and experts baffled, sea lions are slowly returning to San Francisco's Pier 39.

Last fall, after ballooning to a population of 1,700 animals layered two and three deep on the docks, the sea lions departed as if following orders, leaving behind only a few stragglers.

Marine experts believe the animals might have traveled 500 miles north, looking for fish and colder waters along the Oregon coast.

Read the full story: Famed sea lions returning to San Francisco's Pier 39

Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Idaho moose encounters

The Idaho Statesman's Pete Zimowsky shares his readers' moose sighting tales.

Kathy and Bob Durbin along with their dog Scruffy were kayaking around northern Idaho's Spirit Lake (pic right) when they came across this female moose who was quietly munching away on water plants.

Read the full story: Close encounters with moose

Inland Northwest animal spotting

The Idaho Statesman has a nice set of photos of wildlife seen around the inland-northwest.

Statesman photographer Pete Zimowsky shot this picture of a baby yellow-bellied marmot near the Boise Foothills.

See the full set of pictures here: 2009 Natural Wonders