Tarantulas can be found all over the world. If you live in North America, there’s a good chance that any tarantula you’ve crossed paths with has been brown, but more vibrant-looking variations do ...

Foxes are members of the Canine family, but sometimes they act more like felines. They hunt similar prey like birds and rodents, a particular favorite of your average house cat. Foxes also stalk and ...

Snakes don’t have arms and legs, but that doesn’t mean they can’t climb. While not all of these slithering reptiles climb, the ones that do, typically do it well. The News & Observer previously spoke ...

By Ryan Truscott Despite their name, tree hyraxes — small, furry, nocturnal African mammals — don’t always live in trees. In ...

Humans’ advanced ability to throw things may have started with having evolved shoulders and elbows that stopped our ancestors from falling as they climbed down trees. Bulkier and heavier than agile ...

The most surprising part of tree climbing at Silver Falls State Park was how quickly we found ourselves exploring the canopy of an old-growth monster some 200-feet in the sky. Even with a group of ...

We don't tend to associate snakes with trees. The term "snake in the grass" is around for a reason. Snakes are traditionally thought of as slithering at ground level, at least in this part of the ...

Sydney Hudzinski climbs in the 2023 Minnesota Society of Arboriculture's Tree Climbing Championship. She won in 2024 and is returning to compete in 2025. NINA MOINI: There's a kid in your life who ...

Natalie Beneviat Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. | Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that ...

Climbers Brian French and Will Koomjian ascend the Brummit fir in Coos County Oregon. It is the National Champion Douglas fir and stands 335 feet tall. Freesolo Photography / Sean O'Connor “Watch out!