New legislation would loosen regulations and reduce the role of an environmental research body in decisions affecting wildlife

Richard Bischof’s devices aim to make telemetry research cheaper, higher quality, and more humane

Wolf-dog hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s wolves.

Wolf-dog hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s wolves.

Wolf-dog hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s wolves.

The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators can adapt to challenges over time.

Nets equipped with water bottles and other tricks can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

When Alaska’s wolves began eating sea otters, it looked like a story of adaptation. Then they started getting sick.

As a whale exhales snot from its blowhole, a drone collects it, providing scientists with vital information on the animal’s physical state. CREDIT: OCEAN ALLIANCE

From collecting whale snot to capturing surprising behaviors, aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea

Dolphins have lived near Rome for at least 2,000 years. Scientists fear for their future.

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise

Scientists suspect many species are in decline—but there are still unanswered questions and a lot of hope. Here's when and where you can still spot them.

One species of tropical tree seems not only to survive lightning strikes but also to thrive because of them

In Kenya, farmers are turning bees into unexpected helpers to keep elephants off their crops