Wildlife

Antelope in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park became more daring after civil war ravaged the predator population. A new study tracks the impact that's had.

These conflicts are particularly apparent in the Hassan district of Karnataka, the state housing India's largest population of Asian elephants.

State and federal agencies are warring over who has control of wildlife on public lands, while landscapes get trampled and invasive species obliterate endangered ones.

In Kenya and Tanzania, native communities are capitalizing on the insect business to ditch the ecologically damaging and illegal logging trade.

As researchers tag an increasing number of species, a debate has arisen over the consequences for animal welfare, conservation, and technology.

It's taken a long time, conservationists say, partly because of complicated land ownership issues.

When the mercury plummets, are wildlife suffering or just going with the icy flow?

Nepal has had remarkable success at tackling the poaching of its greater one-horned rhinos but, since 2015, it has witnessed a sharp increase in deaths from unknown or natural causes.

This has led to over-hunting and persecution by cattle ranchers becoming even bigger threats to the survival of the big cat.

New technology detects the shockwave of a supersonic bullet traveling through space, which cannot be muffled, to track poachers shooting at elephants and rhinos.

A new study of brown pelicans after the Refugio oil spill in California shows how far oil rehabilitation techniques have come in the last few decades.

A less icy Arctic will be an economic boon for some, but marine wildlife experts are focused on the increased risks more ships will pose to certain polar species.

A giraffe eats on May 3rd, 2018, at the Zoom Torino zoo in Cumiana, Italy, near Turin.

Critics are concerned about the weakening of protections for endangered species in a country where wildlife trafficking is rife.

A fox walks through a cemetery at dusk on January 10th, 2018, in Bath, England.

Environmental groups are following the movements of fishing vessels and sharks to decrease the unintentional killings of the marine predators by fishnets.

Numerous species are evolving to cope with the dirge of pollutants put into the world by human beings, and it's taking a toll.

The U.S. reducing funding for global conservation efforts would result in serious ramifications for vulnerable species and communities.

Wildlife rehabilitators rescued numerous species after the storm, from common animals like beavers and deer to rarer wildlife like alligator snapping turtles.

The iconic Kruger National Park is an easy target for the poaching of large animals, especially rhinos and elephants. Those fighting the slaughter say that community education and poverty alleviation yield the best results.

The Chinese government has said it will rein in the smuggling and illegal sale of ivory, but those enforcement efforts do not appear to have reached the town of Shuidong.

A new study finds that the populations of thousands of vertebrates, many of which have yet to raise concern, are decreasing.

New research suggests that the mass extinction event that occurred 66 million years ago spurred something of an explosion of new frog species.

And, in turn, the marine ecosystem.