The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is sounding the alarm for one of the world's most overlooked carnivores: the striped hyena.

As the winter snow thaws, frogs wake from brumation with a song in their hearts. This is no ordinary song. It is a song with a purpose.

Bear encounters have steadily increased over the past couple of years. Read here about one where a bear chilled with a human.

A hummingbird or two visiting your backyard garden consistently is truly magical. If you want more moments with hummingbirds, and you want them reliably, all season long, the single best thing you can ...

A creature in New Hampshire accomplished a feat that biologists rarely observe: completing a journey of miles and miles to make a home for itself. The fisher, the only living species in its genus and ...

Take a look at this Instagram post of a Burmese python swallowing a white-tailed deer and learn about the science behind the clip.

Ancient animal history is extremely difficult to reconstruct, for a number of reasons. Some of the earliest creatures in existence were soft-bodied and microscopic, leaving behind very little evidence ...

Explore the Idaho regions where grizzlies and black bears roam, and how to stay safe when your adventures cross their paths.

Two fishermen got a shock when casting their nets in Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland in 2018. The largest lough (lake) on the island of Ireland had been hiding a secret for thousands of years. The two ...

This ambitious leopard discovers it can’t climb trees like a monkey and may be better off hunting them on the ground.

Each rainy “big night,” volunteers lift tiny amphibians off New York roads, showing how local people can drive conservation change.

We review the main diseases that can be transmitted from feral swine to humans, domestic animals, and livestock.