Wildlife

Despite days of warnings that critical fire weather was coming, the report found “no evidence” of Hawaii officials making preparations for the August 2023 wildfire that killed 102 people.

When baby owls are abandoned or their nests destroyed, the Carolina Raptor Center swoops in to rescue them. They provide the chicks with food, shelter and a foster family of sorts.

Residents have complained about deer munching in their gardens and defecating on their lawns, or getting stuck on fences or causing traffic accidents. The town will now hire sharpshooters to kill some deer, and possibly shoot others with birth control.

Charlotte Douglas International Airport is growing, and the wildlife surrounding the airport continue to pose a threat to planes. Airport officials took WFAE on a journey to show how the airport manages wildlife around the airfield.

Sweater Weather the sea turtle will get to swim back into the ocean with a group of other newly-recovered turtles on Sunday after three months of rehab at the Sea Life Concord aquarium.

A fight is brewing over planned apartments near the wealthy Piper Glen neighborhood in south Charlotte. At the center of the fight is a family of bald eagles that live on a nearby golf course.

For nearly a century, the Ela Dam in the North Carolina mountains has provided electricity but also altered wildlife habitats and disconnected the community. Land conservation and environmental groups have joined the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in an ambitious plan to remove the aging dam. But that hinges on getting millions of dollars in federal funding.

Charlotte's Stonehaven neighborhood already boasts a lush tree canopy. Residents are now working to welcome more wildlife with flowers, feeders and natural groundcover.

Somewhere at the middle-end of the 19th century, a railroad tunnel under construction in Walhalla partially collapsed and left behind a cave that tricolor…

Caretakers for a group of wild horses on North Carolina's Outer Banks say a horse suffered only minor injuries after a collision with a vehicle on the…