Wildlife

A troubling new report finds that one third of sharks and their relatives are threatened with extinction. How did the international research team perform this analysis during the pandemic?

Keeping Antarctica pristine is becoming more challenging with growing threats from human activity and climate change.

On the Farallon Islands, invasive mice and hungry owls are a deadly combination that threatens the endangered ashy storm petrel.

Handlers hope a mutt named Filson can sniff out a pollinator no one has seen in 15 years.

A new legal theory proposes granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.

New research into events like World Pangolin Day and International Tiger Day reveals how to make these celebrations more effective.

A new surveillance system tracks trends in wildlife illness and death and could help keep people healthy.

Wastewater exposes plants and wildlife to hundreds of chemical compounds. Researchers are learning about potential side effects and solutions.

The Western drought has exacerbated a water crisis, years in the making, that threatens the health of millions of birds — and so much more.

The American West contains 620,000 miles of fencing, threatening the migration of pronghorn, mule deer and other species.