Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back. By Franz Lidz In Patricia Highsmith’s ...
Wildlife cameras snap rare pictures of blond echidnas, a tiny white-footed dunnart, and threatened seabirds on a small island ...
Ancient DNA and other clues from feathers found in modern Peru hint that the ancient Ychsma culture imported birds from the distant Amazon.
Conservationists saved the fuzzy creatures in Victoria, Australia. Now, the animals are showing remarkable signs of genetic recovery ...
"It's very gratifying to know that one of the world's most critically endangered animals is doing well and breeding." ...
Including rare species of birds such as boat-billed herons, black-faced ibises and tawny frogmouths; zoo visitors can also see giant otters, Amur tigers, Malayan bears, giant pandas, and many other ...
The planet has seen a number of devastating fires in recent years. From California to Canada, Thailand, and Algeria, no part ...
As koalas in southern Australia have grown from a few hundred to almost half a million, the marsupials show signs of regaining lost genetic variation.
Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...
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From carbon-storing tigers to flood-blocking beavers: How wildlife secretly tackles climate change
Wild animals are secretly playing a “crucial role” in mitigating human-made climate change through their natural ...
A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.
Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...
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