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The bearded vulture has returned to the Alps after being hunted and poisoned to local extinction.
animals

The Struggle to Revitalize the World's Vulture Populations

How to save the least marketable of all birds.
Natasha Frost January 5, 2018
Fake ortolan, shown in a traditional presentation, sculpted by Janice Poon for the TV show "Hannibal."
Gastro Obscura

Ortolan Bunting

A cruel cooking method turns this tiny songbird into a rare delicacy.
A Puerto Rican parrot in El Yunque Forest's Iguaca Aviary, during greener times.
islands

Among Puerto Rico's Displaced Residents, an Entire Flock of Endangered Parrots

Still, the island's animal conservationists have no intention of giving up.
Cara Giaimo November 8, 2017
Display cases.
Laurel, Maryland

On the Brink

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.
First Honeybees in California
San Jose, California

First Honey Bees in California

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.
Global Convergence.
Orlando, Florida

Global Convergence Sculpture

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.
A lone male tiger patrols his territory in the forests of Eastern Thailand.
parks

Found: A New Population of Endangered Tigers

Including six cubs!
Sarah Laskow March 29, 2017
Bats in their bat cave.
animals

Found: An Unusually Situated Bat Cave

The cave is large for Alberta's boreal forest.
Sarah Laskow March 20, 2017
San Simeon, California

Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
murder

The Mysterious Decapitation of Two Bison at a Spanish Reserve

Sauron, the dominant male bull of the herd, was found without his head.
Sarah Laskow September 23, 2016
animals

Meet the Pangolin, the Real World Pokemon You Didn't Know You Loved

Striking photos of the most illegally traded wild mammal on the planet.
Suzi Eszterhas, Steven Bedard and bioGraphic August 18, 2016
Brazil

Snake Island (Ilha da Queimada Grande)

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.
animals

An Incredibly Rare Bird Has Been Rediscovered in Brazil

The blue-eyed ground dove has only been spotted on a handful of occasions—now, one researcher photographed it for the first time.
Jessie Guy-Ryan May 22, 2016
Giraffe eating breakfast with guests at Giraffe Manor
Nairobi, Kenya

Giraffe Manor

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.
animals

Secretive Hairy Rhino Spotted for First Time in Over 40 Years

There are believed to be fewer than 100 of the rhinos left.
Erik Shilling March 22, 2016
animals

LOST: A Rare Tortoise Was Stolen From An Australian Zoo

Sarah Laskow February 5, 2016
animals

The Fate of This Funny-Looking Bird May Be The Future of Conservation

Damaris Colhoun October 6, 2015
underwater

World's Largest Manta-Ray Trafficker Bust in Indonesia

oriana leckert December 4, 2014