Mammals

The IUCN just declared an African monkey known as Miss Waldron’s red colobus “possibly extinct.” Other species could be quick to follow, conservationists warn.

For 12 years, Janet Kessler has chronicled the behavior and family life of San Francisco’s growing population of coyotes as the city itself undergoes big changes.

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.

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

In her new book Reality Bubble, Ziya Tong explains why many people are willfully ignorant about our food system.

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

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.

Asking why elephants travel to specific areas can help us to better understand and reduce human-elephant conflict.

Ecologist Jodi Hilty explains what conservationists have learned about linking critical habitat areas together.

A thriving population of servals at petrochemical plant suggests that even heavily industrialized sites can still be good places for conservation.