By Graeme BakerBBC News
Getty ImagesThe grizzly population has increased around YellowstoneA woman has been found dead on a trail near Yellowstone National Park after likely coming into contact with a grizzly bear, park officials have said.
Tracks from a grizzly were discovered close to the woman's body on Saturday near the town of West Yellowstone in Montana state, they said.
The woman was found after "an apparent bear encounter," they added, though no cause of death has been confirmed. Read More...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared as safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe.
In the nearly two weeks since a devastating Hamas rampage in southern Israel, the Israeli military has relentlessly attacked Gaza in response. Even after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate the north and head to what it called “safe zones” in the south, strikes continued across the territory overnight and Palestinian militants continued firing rockets into Israel. Read More...
By Helen BurchellBBC News, East of England
Wildlives Rescue and Rehabilitation CentreMs Catford said the otter was lucky not to have been caught by a predatorA tiny otter just "hours away from death" was rescued after apparently being abandoned by its mother.
It was found in a field near the River Deben in Wickham Market in Suffolk and taken to Wildlives Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Essex to be cared for. Read More...
