WILDLIFE
Narendra Modi’s Home State’s Pride May Be Putting the Last Wild Prides of Asiatic Lions at Risk
India’s Supreme Court ordered the translocation of the lions in 2013, but the country’s environment ministry and state of Gujarat have not yet complied.
India's Government Insists Their Tiger Population Has Doubled. Wildlife Experts Aren’t So Sure.
Photographing tigers and counting the photos seems like a bad data collection technique.
Light Pollution Is Probably Responsible for Thousands of Sleep-Deprived Birds
Scientists are urging people to turn off their lights and let pigeons get some rest.
Pangolins Are Finally Removed From China’s Traditional Medicine List
China’s latest efforts to protect the endangered mammal come on the heels of a study tentatively linking pangolins to the global COVID-19 outbreak. But wildlife conservationists say there’s still a long way to go.
Here Are Some Illustrations That Show Just How Bad Australia’s Bushfires Are
It's hard to imagine the severity of the fires, so we compare them to more familiar incidents.
Animals Thrive in Areas Evacuated by Humans After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
“Our results represent the first evidence that numerous species of wildlife are now abundant throughout the Fukushima Evacuation Zone.”
This Is Exactly What Will Happen After the Last Fish in the Ocean Dies
The devastation of the vast majority of the world's marine life is much closer than we think.
Mass Whale Stranding in Georgia Kickstarts Monumental Rescue Effort
Beachgoers and wildlife authorities rallied around a group of stranded pilot whales on Tuesday.
There’s No Evidence Fireworks Kill Baby Animals
Every Fourth of July, an internet rumor claims that panicked animal parents abandon their young after fireworks displays. There’s no evidence to back this up.
Elite Canadian Wolves Airdropped Into Michigan to Kill Moose and Have Babies
The new arrivals bring the total wolf population of Isle Royale National Park to eight.
How Niger is giving a second chance to Africa’s most threatened giraffe subspecies
The plight of the giraffe has been called a "silent extinction," but the third-poorest country on earth has managed to buck the trend.
Watch a Man Calmly Describe Choking a Mountain Lion to Death to Save His Life
"I just kind of had my heart sink into my stomach."