What has webbed feet, a big snout and is adored on the internet?
FOR THE most part, rodents make people shriek in disgust. But the largest rodent of all, strangely, does…
Goose Keeps Showing Up At Family’s Door — Then They Finally Figure Out Why
A few years ago, Virginia resident Tabatha Lamun was hanging out at home with her husband and daughter…
The long life of a Galápagos tortoise
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story…
Reptile Wrangler’s ‘Mind Blown’ By Snake’s Remarkable Survival Trick
For nearly a decade, Gavin Smith of ACT Snake Removals has been rescuing and relocating reptiles across the…
Experts stunned by incredible comeback of unique creatures driven to brink of extinction: ‘It’s amazing’
The Blue-billed Curassow population is rising thanks to the great efforts of conservationists in South America. An exceptionally…
Pile Of Feathers Wedged Behind Bakery Is Actually A Wild Animal In Danger
It was a sunny day in October 2024 when Long Island, New York, wildlife rescuer and rehabilitator Karenlynn…
Seal Rescued And Released 5 Years Ago Shows Up With The Sweetest Surprise
In 2020, British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) rescued an orphaned seal pup named Kale and brought her…
Charging elephants and snoozing gorillas: Jemima Kelly’s Ugandan adventure
It has never occurred to me before that elephant ears — those ridiculously huge, comically floppy things —…
Chimpanzees shock biologists with rational thinking
The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according to wise, old Aristotle.…
Grizzly attack shatters Indigenous community where bears hold spiritual significance
In a corner of carver Richard Pollard’s workshop in the back of his Bella Coola home is a…
Dead fish, ducks at Northeast Side lake draw swarms of vultures
SAN ANTONIO – Hundreds of black vultures circle Northern Hills Lake on the Northeast Side, drawn by numerous…
​5 animals that went extinct in recentyears​
Extinction is the irreversible loss of animal species that once lived on our planet. The rapid pace of…