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Snow leopard found in Nepal's plains

Rare snow leopard sighting in Nepal’s ‘home of tiger’ puzzles conservationists

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Jan 2024

Mexico’s first black-and-white hawk-eagle nest is a treasure trove for researchers

Astrid Arellano 24 Jan 2024
Bonobos and chimps recall friends and family even after years apart: Study

Bonobos and chimps recall friends and family even after years apart: Study

Malavika Vyawahare 15 Jan 2024
A wolverine. Image courtesy of MBarrueto via the Creative Commons, CC 2.0.

Let’s give the wary wolverine some space (commentary)

Gabe Schepens 12 Jan 2024
A black bear fishes for salmon.

Salmon and other migratory fish play crucial role in delivering nutrients

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Jan 2024
Dholes (Cuon alpinus) are wild canids that range throughout South, Central, East and Southeast Asia. They are listed as endangered, with fewer than 2,500 adults remaining in the wild. Image by Davidvraju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

In 2023, Nepal’s ‘uncelebrated’ wildlife continued wait for attention

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Dec 2023
Forensic reconstruction of a woolly dog based on Mutton’s pelt measurements and archaeological remains. Image courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

How a 160-year-old pelt piqued new findings on Indigenous ‘woolly dog’ breed

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 22 Dec 2023
Two wild Przewalski’s horses (mares), apparently infatuated with a domestic stallion at a farm in Dytiaku, Ukraine

Long-term wildlife impacts at Chornobyl, Fukushima may yield ‘a new ecology’

Annelise Giseburt 21 Dec 2023

Coordinated community response saves manatees stranded in Colombia

Antonio José Paz Cardona 18 Dec 2023

Bringing the forgotten small wildcats of Latin America into the light

Antonio José Paz Cardona 14 Dec 2023
Two male mallard ducks in Hesse, Germany, showing homosexual behavior.

Study on evolution of same-sex animal behaviors underscores stigmas in research

Swati Thapa 13 Dec 2023
A ranger planting a tree.

Wild by nature: Ecological restoration brings humanity and biodiversity together

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 12 Dec 2023
Wolf. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Wolves through the ages: A journey of coexistence, conflict, and conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2023
The first asynchronous roboflapper, built at the size of an actual insect. Photo: Courtesy of Nick Gravish.

Robotic insect reveals evolutionary secrets of the fastest flapping fliers

Eli Ramos 5 Dec 2023
Delio de Jesús Suárez Gómez has become a bee expert. He is 58 years old, belongs to the Tucano peoples, and has turned to meliponiculture to help secure the future of his community and the surrounding forest. Image by Jose Guarnizo.

The man who made a pact with wild bees in Colombia’s Amazon

Jose Guarnizo 1 Dec 2023

No animals harmed as wildlife specimen collection goes digital in 3D

Abhishyant Kidangoor 30 Nov 2023
North Atlantic orcas are threatened by persistent organic pollutants that build up in their favorite prey, marine mammals. Photo by Nitesh Jain / Unsplash

North Atlantic orcas reveal the troubling persistence of toxic ocean pollutants

Kristel Tjandra 27 Nov 2023
Clouded leopard

Clouded leopards face alarming decline amid ‘genetic crisis,’ study warns

Carolyn Cowan 23 Nov 2023

Forest elephants are the ‘glue’ holding Congo rainforests together

Mike DiGirolamo 7 Nov 2023
The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is called dhwase chituwa in Nepali (which translates to smoky leopard) for its unique pelt.

Nepal’s clouded leopard research needs more attention: Q&A with Yadav Ghimirey

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Nov 2023
A herd of wild elephants in Thailand.

How wild elephants solve puzzles may help humans resolve wildlife conflicts

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Oct 2023
Snow leopards, because of their shy nature, size, and style of hunting, stand to lose the most as the wolves move in. Image by Tambako The Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

Return of the wolf to Nepal’s Himalayas may threaten snow leopards

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2023
Seabirds on Redonda Island cliffs.

From rat-ridden to reserve, Redonda is an island restoration role model

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 Sep 2023
Young beaver grooming itself. Image courtesy of Cheryl Reynolds via Wikimedia Commons.

NASA satellites reveal restoration power of beavers

Jeremy Hance 11 Sep 2023
Vulture Nepal

Nests of hope: Nepal’s vulture colonies hold on amid new threats

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Aug 2023

Mongabay Explains: How high-tech tools are used for successful reforestation

Mongabay.com 30 Aug 2023
A Luzon tarictic hornbill.

Online trade in Philippine hornbills threatens birds and forests

Jhesset O. Enano 29 Aug 2023
A red fox.

In the chain of species extinctions, AI can predict the next link to break

Abhishyant Kidangoor 22 Aug 2023
A group of elephants standing in mud and shallow water, pausing from digging for salt-rich mud in the Dzanga baï in the Sangha Rainforest in the Central African Republic. Image courtesy Jan Teede.

Congo Basin’s elephants boost carbon capture, but need salt-licks to survive

Leonie Joubert 15 Aug 2023
An Old English Longhorn at Knepp. Disturbance from large herbivores has restored this landscape by reactivating natural processes that foster healthy ecology.

From debt to diversity: A journey of rewilding, carbon capture and hope

Elizabeth Fitt 9 Aug 2023
Asian elephant in Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia

Asian elephants’ picky diet helps shape their forest home, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 9 Aug 2023
Greville's bolete, which has a mycorrhizal relationship with larch trees.

Machine learning helps researchers identify underground fungal networks

Abhishyant Kidangoor 4 Aug 2023

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