Jason Bittel

Squirrel monkeys must contend with habitat loss, decreasing genetic diversity, and the curse of being cute.

A recent study finds a link between deforestation and risk of monkey-transmitted malaria.

As the bushmeat trade drives the Bioko drill monkey toward extinction, some West Africans are realizing these animals are worth more in the woods than on the plate.

Ants are killing Christmas Island’s iconic red crabs by the millions. Could tiny wasps save the day?

As warmer summers melt the Arctic, Pacific walruses have to work a lot harder to reach their seafloor feasts.

Scientists have discovered an expansive network of tortoise poachers in Asia.

Scientists want to create a nationwide network of river corridors. Here’s why that’s not as crazy as it sounds.

The world’s most demonic lemur is also its most endangered. Meet the creature with the ugliest finger on the planet.

Crowdsourcing could cut conservation costs for boring, uncharismatic, or ugly species.

If #CeciltheLion got you mad about big cat trophies, wait until you hear what they’re doing with the bones.

We’re still coming to terms with what toxins from the BP spill might be doing to the Gulf of Mexico's wildlife.

Social media and e-commerce sites are the new battlegrounds for the illegal wildlife trade.

Critical partnerships between organisms are breaking down as different species respond to new dangers in different ways and on different schedules.

The cost of fighting wildfires this year is predicted to go over budget by hundreds of millions of dollars.