Critically endangered mountain bongo reintroduced into Kenya’s wild
NANYUKI, Kenya (AP) — The mountain bongo has become the ghost of the forest, hard to spot amid…
Remote Lake Superior island’s wolf population is thriving
Wolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they’re making deep dents in…
Yuji, a baby patas monkey in Mexico, finds comfort in a plush companion
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a…
Armidale museum freezes dozens of koalas for taxidermy and research
Motorists’ instincts when they spot roadkill are usually to swerve to avoid running over the animal, to stop…
300-million-year-old sea creature loses title as world’s oldest octopus
LONDON (AP) — A 300-million-year-old tentacled sea creature has lost its crown as the world’s oldest octopus, after…
New fossils provide snapshot of the beginning of complex animals that led to us
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a…
Rare video of a sperm whale birth shows female animals working together
NEW YORK (AP) — Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into…
Study finds crabs hide to avoid cannibalism | National
A basket of blue crabs caught during a survey by the Smithsonian Environmental Resarch Center. (Smithsonian ERC via…
Greater trophic diversity of soil animal communities under agricultural land use and tropical climate
Anthony, M. A., Bender, S. F. & van der Heijden, M. G. A. Enumerating soil biodiversity. Proc. Natl…
Human pressure and biodiversity modify forest resilience after extreme multi-year droughts
Seidl, R. et al. Forest disturbances under climate change. Nat. Clim. Change 7, 395–402 (2017). Article Google Scholar …
Study finds North American bird populations keep dropping
WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population…
Federal protections end for the lesser prairie chicken
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains…