Twenty years after its discovery in the forested mountains of Vietnam, local authorities here have agreed to establish two new nature reserves to protect the saola, a primitive member of the Bovidae ...

A symbiotic relationship is a long-term interaction between animal species that is beneficial for one or both animals. There ...

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...

The reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. In the bustling Jatinegara market in Jakarta, cages are stacked three metres high, holding creatures from all corners of Indonesia and ...

They can act inadvertently witty, comically clumsy, laughingly foolish or simply truly funny. But are they aware of it? Do wild animals have a sense of humor? Or are humans the only species to possess ...

A bison bull grazes in the fog in Yellowstone National Park. A bison bull grazes in the fog in Yellowstone National Park. Jon G. Fuller—VWPics/Universal Images Group/ Getty Images Contributor Here is ...

Researchers developed a computer vision framework for posture estimation and identity tracking which they can use in indoor environments as well as in the wild. They have thus taken an important step ...

New research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

An aggressive and destructive invasive species has wreaked havoc on many communities in California, and officials are scrambling to contain the situation. As reported by SFGATE, wild pigs have become ...

Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and found blue meat inside. “I’m not talking ...

Learn about the surprising ways wild animals experience natural intoxicants, from fermented fruits to hallucinogenic plants. Cedar waxwings eat a lot of berries, which can sometimes become fermented ...