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The truncate-toed chorus frog is a tree-dwelling species endemic to the Philippines with four recognized subspecies. They have expanded toe discs, called pads, on their toes.

Deforestation in the Philippines may have caused infertile hybrids of endemic frogs, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 16 Jul 2025
wo whales allokelping, with a small length of kelp stem visible between them. Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038

Orcas discovered making tools from seaweed to ‘massage’ each other

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2025
Clown anemonefish live symbiotically with anemone

When heat waves hit, clownfish shrink to survive, study finds

Keith Anthony Fabro 18 Jun 2025
Albatrosses with a rainbow in Ka'ena Point State Park, Hawaiʻi.

New map highlights complex web of marine migrations

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 May 2025

Study finds fast traffic noise is infuriating Galápagos warblers

Spoorthy Raman 20 May 2025
With thick coats and broad paws, Canada lynx are supremely adapted to deep snow.

New research sheds light on Canada lynx-snowshoe hare cycle, human impacts

Ruth Kamnitzer 14 May 2025

Even in intact Amazon forests, climate change affects bird populations: Study

Suzana Camargo 14 May 2025
A pod of Sperm Whales move into a defense line to stop a pod of Orcas (Killer Whales) getting to their calf, off the coast of Sri Lanka. Image © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace.

Our responsibility for cetacean conservation grows with proof of their intelligence (commentary)

Avery Ancell 8 May 2025

‘Puma detectives’ highlight wildlife where Brazil’s Cerrado meets the Atlantic Forest

Letícia Klein 5 May 2025
Great white sharks seen around Seal Island in False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa before they disappeared from the area. Image courtesy of Chris Fallows.

Loss of great white sharks triggers domino effect down food chain, study shows


Victoria Schneider 23 Apr 2025
A great tit (Parus major)

AI uncovers how birds remix their songs over time

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Apr 2025
Polar bears give birth in dens beneath the snow where the cubs remain for many months; their emergence from dens marks a crucial period during which the cubs acclimatize to the harsh environment in the Arctic. Image by K T Miller/Polar Bears International.

Rare polar bear cub footage offers crucial conservation insights

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Apr 2025
A judge watches a cockfight in Peru.

How Peruvian cockfighters could tip the scales for endangered sawfish

Sierra Garcia 25 Mar 2025
A young orangutan grasps and hangs on to a woody liana.

As apes adapt to human disturbance, their new behaviors also put them at risk: Study

Charles Mpaka 24 Mar 2025
A northern elephant seal in Año Nuevo Island Reserve.

Seal ‘oceanographers’ reveal fish abundance in Pacific Ocean’s twilight zone

Spoorthy Raman 18 Mar 2025
North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis).

Counting whales by eavesdropping on their chatter, with help from machine learning

Abhishyant Kidangoor 18 Mar 2025

In a seasonally flooded Amazon forest, jaguars take to the trees

Tiago da Mota e Silva 4 Mar 2025
Elephant society is dynamic and very complex. Image by O’Connell’s & Rodwell.

Male African elephants develop distinct personality traits as they age, study finds

Leocadia Bongben 25 Feb 2025
A Chinese pangolin in Guangdong, China

Pangolin burrows are biodiversity magnets in burnt forests, study shows

Spoorthy Raman 20 Feb 2025
Dora rewards Nandera with a mixture of avocado, banana and pellets.

Meet the giant rats fighting wildlife trafficking

Lucia Torres 12 Feb 2025
One man lifts honeycomb from a bees' nest while his companion holds a red plastic bag open to receive it, smoke drifts in the background. Image courtesy Claire Spottiswoode.

Birds guide honey-hunters to most of their harvest in Mozambican reserve

Ryan Truscott 7 Feb 2025

Chimps remember, for years, the location of ant nests that provide food

Charles Mpaka 3 Feb 2025
An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Atlantic puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light, new study shows

Spoorthy Raman 7 Jan 2025
Killer whales swim in the icy Arctic waters that are newly open to them. Photo credit: Maha Ghazal

Killer whales have found new homes in the Arctic Ocean, potentially reshaping marine ecology

Caroline Hemphill 3 Dec 2024
Northern white-cheeked crested gibbon

Gibbons found to perform dance routines akin to ‘the robot,’ but why?

Carolyn Cowan 11 Nov 2024
A captive Tibetan brown bear.

New brown bear ‘stronghold’ in Nepal redraws species’ range map

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Oct 2024
Banner image: Tourists interact with birds at the Bouddhanath shrine in Kathmandu. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi

As Kathmandu’s birds get used to humans, biodiversity suffers, studies show

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Oct 2024
A European blackbird.

New study upends common belief that birds escape winter to save energy

Abhishyant Kidangoor 21 Oct 2024

At Mexico’s school for jaguars, big cats learn skills to return to the wild

Juan Mayorga 21 Oct 2024
Rinnie and Gary Shapiro in a peat swamp in Central Kalimantan. Photo credit: Rod Brindamour.

Orangutan conservation and communication: Gary Shapiro’s half-century journey from zoos to the wilds of Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Oct 2024
Tiger in India. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

As in India, tigers in Nepal may seek refuge in sugarcane fields

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Aug 2024

Ants perform life-saving amputations on injured nestmates, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 2 Aug 2024

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