Wildlife

At Okayama’s Tsukumo shell mound, a 3,000-year-old skeleton bears the scars of history’s oldest known shark attack.

Despite traditional and modern protections, Palau's massive mollusks are at risk.

The Beckwourth pack is only the third to establish itself in the state in the last century.

With a new train line threatening its habitat, the big cat may be the key to protecting this Mexican reserve—and everything else in it.

Extreme environments offer them an unexpected paradise, and now researchers want to get a head count.

The animals face threats from climate change, fishing, and a tourism boom, but their biggest advocate remains hopeful.

The centuries-old tradition includes socializing, competitions, and now, a conservation angle.

And why is it fouling the coast around Istanbul?

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These crossings keep them—and many other species—safe from roadway dangers.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Pretty Alaskan lupine is changing the look of the country, and feelings about it are strong.

Meet the generally harmless translucent residents of Thoreau's favorite giant puddle.

A new study in Australia shows that having a team is key to reproductive success.

And that's bad news for the snails that produced them.

Oversized, fluffy rodents in the Philippines may have been hunted by our evolutionary cousins. 

Critically endangered, and a much-sought delicacy, the animals are imperiled at every turn.