Endangered
We surveyed Borneo's orangutans and found 100,000 had 'disappeared'
Why have 100,000 Bornean orangutans disappeared in the last 16 years?
2 months ago
Endangered
Earthquake in Alaska shakes up endangered pupfish in Death Valley
For one of the world's rarest fish, 2018 got off to a shaky start.
2 months ago
Success Stories
Watch: Critically endangered smalltooth sawfish freed from bungee cord 'choker'
With any luck, this young female sawfish will make a full recovery!
2 months ago
Endangered
New hope for the critically endangered northern bald ibis
Revered in ancient Egypt and now among the most imperilled birds on the planet, the northern bald ibis has encouraged conservationists by establishing...
4 months ago
Endangered
Kakapo Comeback
As New Zealand’s odd “owl parrot” climbs toward recovery, its ultimate survival hinges on a nationwide effort to eradicate millions of invasive...
5 months ago
Endangered
Camera-trap footage shows rare, much-debated red wolf in the wild
As both their conservation and taxonomic status continue to be argued over, red wolves continue to roam their small reintroduced range in northeastern...
5 months ago
Endangered
Africa's biggest and baddest raptor is in trouble
Sightings have dropped by 60% over the last two decades.
6 months ago
Endangered
Hurricane Irma battered the nests of Florida's unique snail-eating kites
Audubon reports that Hurricane Irma dealt a devastating blow to the endangered Florida snail kite on Lake Okeechobee.
6 months ago
Endangered
Scientists tried to breed endangered handfish in captivity – and it went better than expected
A new captive-breeding program for the rare spotted handfish, found only in an estuary system in southeastern Tasmania, is seeing some early success.
7 months ago
Endangered
Trouble in Lemur Land: An update on Madagascar's silky sifakas
With our documentary 'Trouble in Lemur Land' now available to stream online, we thought we'd check in with the primatologist it profiles, Erik Patel,...
7 months ago
Film and Photo
Camera trap records Japan's first river otter since 1979
Footage from earlier this year reveals a river otter on Tsushima Island, the first confirmed in Japan for decades.
8 months ago
Endangered
Smaug in trouble: The threatened 'dragon lizards' of South Africa
Named after Tolkien's fire-breathing Smaug, the sungazer is a fittingly draconic-looking lizard. But its future survival is at risk.
8 months ago
Success Stories
Exciting sightings: Endangered rattlesnakes spotted in Iowa
Good news from the state of Iowa: there are rattlesnakes around!
9 months ago
Human Impact
Logging, lichen and the musk of the tusked musk deer
New research has shed light on the complex links between logging, lichen and the lichen-loving Siberian musk deer in the Russian Far East.
9 months ago
Endangered
China's tiger farms are a threat to the species
Until China's devastating trade in tigers and their parts is phased out, Asia's iconic big cats are living on borrowed time.
10 months ago
