Wildlife

The Australian icon could lose its fight against climate change, disease, habitat destruction and cars — but not if dedicated conservationists get the tools they need to protect the species.

Many of the gray whales found dead this year have suffered from malnutrition. Researchers are rushing to find the cause.

Images of chimpanzees and other species appear cute, but they may actually depict animals in dangerous situations. Here’s how to tell what’s safe to share — and how that helps conservation.

Residents of southern Arizona are protecting jaguar habitat and creating jobs in the hopes that a restoration economy can beat an extraction economy.

Massive traditional fish traps called fish fences catch hundreds of types of fish — many before they’re old enough to reproduce.

Marine protected areas can benefit sharks and other oceanic species — but only if they’re properly established, according to a new guidebook.

A camera detection system is helping the wind energy industry become safer for protected birds, but the technology is still being refined.

When big cats cross from one country into another, they can fall victim to wildlife traffickers, drug cartels, highways and more emerging threats.

An indigenous resistance is leading the fight to protect Central America's rivers from an onslaught of dams that threaten the region's rich biodiversity.

Decades after being wiped out in the Lone Star State, black bears are slowly returning. Experts fear that a border wall between the United States and Mexico would end that recovery.