Fat squirrels, rowdy bears and burned-out rangers: How Trump policies are scrambling America’s national parks
As a backcountry ranger at a national park, Sam built a career doing work that many visitors never…
Its staring yellow eyes and enormous, downturned frog-like mouth give it an expression of permanent disapproval…
At first glance, the tawny frogmouth looks more like a grumpy piece of bark than a bird. Its…
Whale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter with Humpback Whales Reveals Potential for Non-Human Intelligence Communication
“Because of current limitations on technology, an important assumption of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is that extraterrestrials…
Falls in whale sightings, rare seabirds appearing – is something unusual happening in the Southern Ocean?
In late June, whale watchers in southwest Western Australia sounded the alarm. They had seen far fewer humpback…
Scientists Tracked Penguin Poop From Space and Noticed a Troubling Antarctic Shift
The pinkish color of these guano-covered Adélie penguins on Coronation Island in Antarctica is thanks to their diet.…
Rescued elephant Mon goes for one of her first free swims in Laos, and she’s loving it
Footage from Laos is capturing a hopeful new chapter for rescued elephant Mon, showing her enjoying time in…
Moon bear takes first steps in sunshine after years on illegal bile farm in Laos
Sunlight was something Jing Lee, a young moon bear in Laos, had never experienced during years of confinement…
Trail cameras capture rare footage of ‘the ghost of the forest’
A recent study of Sunda clouded leopards includes rare footage of the highly elusive species. The imagery was…
‘Wild Inside’ Is a Funny, Moving Film About Flaco the Owl
Penny Lane’s film about the owl that captured New York’s imagination is a potrait of what the bird’s…
Campers Hear An Aluminum Can Rolling — Then Spot A Little Hedgehog
The other day, Phontus Oktabec and his partner were staying at a campsite in Sweden when they had…
North America once had 400 million beavers. Nearly wiped out by the 1900s, they are now restoring rivers, wetlands and wildlife one dam at a time | World News
For much of the last century, the beaver was largely missing from many North American rivers. Intense trapping…
When a district in Florida’s Everglades used robot rabbits to eliminate its ever-growing population of Burmese pythons
Image credit: Florida Phyton Challenge website Florida held its annual Python Challenge just a few weeks ago. The…