Wildlife Archives

Environment

The Forest Lion of Gabon

The latest indication of wildlife recovery in Gabon is a solitary male lion captured on a remote video camera that was set up to study chimpanzees. Nobody knows how he got there, or why he’s chosen the forest as his home.

Amy Mathews Amos

savannah river experimental site, south carolina/Ellen Damschen

Environment

Forest Fragmentation Threatens More Than Just Trees

Long-term studies on five continents show how chopping up forest hurts biodiversity.

Nathan Collins

Environment

Shooting a Mountain Lion

Until his illegal hunting business was shut down by authorities, you could have paid Christopher Loncarich $7,000 to bag a mountain lion.

Lauren Kirchner

News in Brief

The War on Organized Environmental Crime

A recent report outlines new strategies that could be used to save the environment from criminal syndicates.

John Upton

Environment

The Economics of Illegal Ivory

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says destroying ivory can reduce supply and demand at same time.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

A Ghost Town’s Second Life as a Climate Refuge for Rodents

Why are ground squirrels thriving in the former gold mining town of Bodie, California?

Melinda Burns

Gunning for Lead Bullets

Hunters using lead ammunition leave a potent neurotoxin scattered in the outdoors; alternative ammunition is really good. Why are efforts to ban lead ammunition so difficult?

Michael Todd