Conservation
A ban on captive animals could speed up extinction
We can't save all endangered species, but we could save some. Zoo populations will be the last hope for many threatened species.
19 days ago
Beyond the blame game: Let's talk about fishing and hammerhead sharks
When a hammerhead shark was pulled ashore on Florida's Singer Island recently, the incident ignited familiarly bruising debate. But is there a more...
2 months ago
Human Impact
Lobos in limbo: The halting recovery of the Mexican wolf
It's evaded extinction once already. And now, a newly finalised recovery plan for the endangered Mexican wolf has reignited long-standing debate...
2 months ago
Human Impact
Sea turtle tangles with $53 million of drifting cocaine
It's a familiar-sounding rescue story ... except for one glaring difference: the tangled turtle wasn't snared in discarded fishing gear – it was...
4 months ago
Human Impact
Wildlife in the borderlands: Isolated ocelots face a new danger
Without serious help, ocelots will disappear from their historic range in the United States.
4 months ago
Human Impact
How African elephants' amazing sense of smell could save lives
Researchers have discovered that elephants are experts at sniffing out unexploded land mines - a skill that could save both their lives and that of...
6 months ago
Human Impact
The quest to revive extinct aurochs to restore ancient lands
Through a process known as back-breeding, scientists across Europe are working to bring back the extinct aurochs – a species of "super-cow" that...
6 months ago
Human Impact
In Israel’s Ein Gedi, tourists' trash lures wolves out of the shadows – and into trouble
The Arabian wolf is usually just a shadowy presence in Israel's Ein Gedi Nature Reserve. But lately, the lure of food scraps left by tourists has been...
6 months ago
Human Impact
As a warming climate changes Kodiak bear diets, impacts could ripple through ecosystems
What happens when climate change alters nature's schedule?
6 months ago
Human Impact
Dead gator demonstrates another hazard of scrapped tyres
Wildlife officials discovered the carcass of a large alligator in a Georgia lake that died after getting stuck in a junked tyre.
7 months ago
Human Impact
A US ban on shark fins is a bad idea, say researchers
Shark researchers are concerned that a proposed total ban on the fin trade in the US could do more harm than good.
7 months ago
Human Impact
Pikas in peril: Climate change puts the heat on North America's 'rock rabbits'
New research from the northern Sierra Nevada of California raises fresh concerns for the future of the pika on a warming planet.
7 months ago
Human Impact
First glimpse: Wildlife Photographer of the Year finalists
From elusive Iberian lynx to egg-stealing Arctic foxes, the finalists of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition certainly deliver in the...
7 months ago
Invasive Species
Guam's forests are being slowly killed off – by a snake
Perhaps no other place in the world has experienced such dramatic forest loss as a result of an invasive species.
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
