Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer

Biggest study of its kind provides insights into bats’ evolution – a potential gamechanger for research into human virus and cancer treatment

Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blaze

In the first project of its kind, scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska’s streams and tundra may depend not on survival of the fittest but on how species adapt together

BANGKOK, Thailand — In the narrow alleys of Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market, the world’s wildlife is for sale. Ensnared in jungles, fished out of rivers and plucked from wetlands across the globe, hundreds...

Bears killed 13 people in Japan last year, as a lack of forest foods increased conflicts. Yet some say the country’s controversial cull could threaten the endangered species

Crops and flowers rely on them for survival, but wild bees are declining – and crucial nutrients will go missing from our diets as a result

The bizarre vertical flight pattern has long puzzled experts but new research reveals why it may play a crucial role in the insect’s survival

A series of stunning findings about great apes’ mental capabilities in recent years has transformed how we see our closest relatives

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As the rising number of vessels in the icy waters increases the risk of environmental disaster, scientists are scrambling to find potential solutions

With the rift over Greenland, the intergovernmental body finds itself in troubled waters again.

The animals gave the town a global reputation. Now it’s struggling to keep them away from its garbage

From shorebirds flying between their Arctic breeding grounds and southerly foraging ranges to freshwater fish returning to native spawning streams, migratory animals are struggling. About half of all ...

Fed up with a lack of action on climate change, some students are researching dimming the sun despite the pushback from other scientists.

The story of how Washington neglected the Arctic—until Trump 2.0.

Conservationists hail the ‘desperately needed’ measures and urge greater protection after up to 11% of endangered Tapanuli orangutans wiped out

The Forest Service didn’t make a ‘reasoned decision’ in using a categorical exclusion to exempt timber harvests from environmental reviews to ease wildfire mitigation and habitat improvement, the judg...

The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone

In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests ...

KANCHANABURI, Thailand — Following the path of the tiger isn’t easy. Yet the three rangers, clad in camouflage, move lithely through the steep bamboo thicket, tracking the muddy hoofprints of a sambar...

Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people

Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse

A boom in places offering petting sessions is linked to a rise in the illegal movement of exotic and endangered species, say experts

In Asia, soft power rests on a divisive, spiky fruit.

Thwaites Glacier rises above the Amundsen Sea in the Antarctic, a towering white cliff abutting cerulean waters. Roughly the size of Great Britain and spanning 120 kilometers (80 miles) across, Thwait...

Viral videos have shifted public opinion about water monitors, long held in contempt in Thai culture, even as rising numbers of the reptiles pose problems for residents