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Conservation Response Unit team in Cot Girek pose while also trying to control Marni the elephant.

Life in the awe-and-terror-inspiring vicinity of the Sumatran elephant

Philip Jacobson 20 Oct 2022

Tuning in to the world of nonhuman sound: Q&A with author Karen Bakker

John Cannon 18 Oct 2022
A bonobo

Easygoing bonobos accepting of outsiders, study says

Charles Mpaka 10 Oct 2022
A flower and a bee

Examining cooperation in nature: Q&A with author Kristin Ohlson

John Cannon 23 Sep 2022
A chimpanzee digs a well as another adult chimpanzee with an infant watches.

Chimps digging wells shows learned behavior that may help amid climate change

Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas 28 Jul 2022
Maasai people in Ngorongoro, Tanzania.

World is losing ‘magical’ tradition of human-animal mutualism, study warns

Ryan Truscott 13 Jun 2022
A pack of hyenas in Tanzania.

Spotted hyenas adapt to climate change in famed Tanzanian park

Ryan Truscott 18 May 2022
Humpback whales have made a remarkable recovery from the days when they were targeted by whaling vessels, but global whale populations are starting to struggle as food resources shift and deteriorate.

What’s popping? Humpbacks off South Africa, new acoustic study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 May 2022

The chimp doctor will see you now: Medicating apes boost the case for conservation

Manon Verchot 16 Feb 2022

In prioritizing conservation, animal culture should be a factor, study says

John Cannon 1 Feb 2022

‘The images are confronting’: Q&A with animal photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Oct 2021

‘What’s your real footprint on the animal world?’: Q&A with author Henry Mance

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jul 2021

Female putty-nosed monkeys get their males to run defense against predators

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Apr 2021

Skin in the game? Reptile leather trade embroils conservation authority

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Apr 2021

Unrelated adoptions by bonobos may point to altruistic traits, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Mar 2021

Polly share a cracker: Study finds grey parrots are good Samaritans

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Jan 2020

Widespread tool-using chimp culture discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo

Mike Gaworecki 25 Mar 2019

Wildlife conservation strategies must take animals’ social lives into account: Researchers

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2019

Animal trainers are teaching wildlife to conserve themselves

Linda Lombardi 10 Apr 2018

Exploring the minds and inner lives of animals

Mike Gaworecki 20 Feb 2018
Jane Goodall. Photo credit: Jane Goodall Institute.

Dr. Jane Goodall on being proven right about animals having personalities, plus updates direct from COP23

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2017

Orangutans find home in degraded forests

John Cannon 24 Jul 2017

Hawaiian crow could help us learn about evolutionary origins of tool-using behavior

Mike Gaworecki 16 Sep 2016

Snail scent repels starfish; may protect coral and Great Barrier Reef

Neelam Pereira 11 Aug 2015

Even cockroaches have personalities

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Mar 2015

Not unique to humans: marmoset shows compassion for dying mate (VIDEO)

Ariel Mark 7 May 2014

Predator appreciation: how saving lions, tigers, and polar bears could rescue ourselves

Gabriel Thoumi 29 Jan 2014

Like humans, marmosets are polite communicators

Andrew Mann 6 Nov 2013

Does size matter (for lemur smarts, that is)?

Christina Pham 9 Aug 2013

Whales teach each other new feeding behavior

Adam Andrus 29 May 2013

A Tale of Two Elephants: celebrating the lives and mourning the deaths of Cirrocumulus and Ngampit

Jenny R. Isaacs 7 May 2013

Save Lolita: new film urges release of captive killer whale

Jeremy Hance 22 Jan 2013

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