Manmade “dam analogues” could help beavers recolonize former habitats — and help fish in the process.

On the cusp of historic ESA success, feds move to permanently isolate iconic bears.

As Endangered Species Act protection ends, it’s all about the numbers.

Science shows that killing wolves does more harm than good.

Lady Liuwa, the lonely lioness who spent more than a decade as the last of her kind in Zimbabwe’s Liuwa Plain National Park, has died of natural causes on the eve of World Lion Day. A survivor of poaching and illegal trophy hunting, Lady Liuwa wandered the park by herself from the late 1990s until 2010, when the first of several companions were successfully transported to Liuwa. Alas, the story since then remained full of near-constant tragedies, but also some hope. Lady Liuwa never bred, but her impact continues with efforts to restore the once-ravaged park. African Parks has the history and a tribute to this resilient big cat. 

USDA’s Wildlife Services kills thousands of animals a year with exploding cyanide capsules.

Tigers aren’t sexy, especially if you're posing with one in captivity.

Research in Costa Rica illustrates the value of monkey social behavior — and of stolen bananas.

The exploitation of threatened slow lorises has spread to Turkey. New research shows that the country is the latest to use the tiny primates as tourist props, where people can pose with the animals for a nominal fee. Researchers found dozens of examples of tourists posing with two vulnerable South Asian loris species, despite the fact that no primate has ever been legally imported into Turkey. Lorises, perhaps best known from seemingly adorable YouTube videos, have become increasingly illegally trafficked in recent years. The fragile, nocturnal animals suffer greatly from the practice and rarely survive long in captivity. 

The Trump Administration announced the bears would lose their protection under the Endangered Species Act.