Nature & Wildlife Stories

5 Places to Spot Leopards in the Wild

The quintessential “big cat,” the leopard is the most generalized of the Pantherines. The four others—lion, tiger, jaguar and snow leopard—are more...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Penguins and Their Original Homelands

Part of the reason that I’m so enthralled with Antarctica is because it’s one of the rare places on Earth that has never had an Indigenous population; in...

Jon Jared

Where the Wild Things Roam: The Great Migration and Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater

Big adventures abound in Tanzania. The largest country in East Africa, its borders encompass Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa; Lake Victoria,...

Michelle Peters

See Alaska’s Big Five: Brown Bear, Moose, Gray Wolf, Caribou & Dall Sheep

There’s a new “Big Five” in town. Well, in Alaska, that is. Go beyond the famous quintuplet of creatures found on an African safari and head north, instead,...

Joel Centano

Bird Watching in Borneo—A Biological Treasure Chest

Big, beautiful and brimming with life, Borneo is a “biological treasure chest,” says Court Whelan, Chief Sustainability Officer with Natural Habitat...

Michelle Peters

Hooves and Horns: Ungulates of North America’s National Parks

What, you may be asking, is an ungulate? You’ve actually known them all along, but perhaps just didn’t know them by their official moniker. Among the...

Samantha Miller

Older Male Elephants Help Keep Younger Males Calm

Wildlife management is a field that continues to develop as scientists, policy leaders, government officials and local advocates collaborate to ensure that...

Megan Brief

What do Monarch Butterflies Eat? Milkweed 101

Pick a Weed, Save a Life Milkweeds contain various levels of cardiac glycoside compounds or cardenolides, which render the plants toxic to most insects,...

Cathy Brown

Panda Behavior Explained: Why Pandas Are so Charmingly Weird

There are few creatures on this planet as oddly enchanting as a big, black-and-white, roly-poly panda. Their dorky antics are just as irresistible as their...

Cathy Brown

Animals Are Changing Shape to Keep Cool as the Planet Warms

The planet we call home is warming faster than at any point in recorded history. As greenhouse gas emissions blanket our Earth, they trap the sun’s heat....

Samantha Miller

World Elephant Day: Elephants Abound on a Southern Summer Safari

Southern Africa is home to some of the world’s most majestic animals, along with the world’s largest transboundary protected region to help conserve wild...

Lavanya Sunkara

What’s the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise?

Turtles and tortoises are some of the oldest living reptiles, having roamed the earth for more than 200 million years. Many people call tortoises turtles, and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Pandemic–Wildlife–Climate Change Connection

What sparked the COVID-19 pandemic remains a mystery, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. Several hypotheses exist, but each lacks sufficient...

Cathy Brown

5 Apex Predators and Where to Find Them

An apex predator is the hardcore animal at the top of its food chain, the baddest of the bad, with no natural predators in its ecosystem. Think of the kind of...

Emily Goodheart

Top Sea Life to See on a Florida Nature Safari

From swimming sea turtles and playful dolphins to gentle manatees, here are five aquatic animals you can see on a nature tour of Florida's coastal waters and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Studies of Extinct Ibex Could Save Today’s Tigers

The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) officially became extinct in January 2000, when a falling tree landed on Celia, the world’s last wild Pyrenean...

Megan Brief

Desert-Adapted Lions: Celebrating Namibia’s Sentinels of Sand

Within Africa’s second-youngest country lies the world’s oldest desert, with more than 55 million years of history buried in its shifting sands. The vast...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Battling Animals: Real Head Traumas and Fake Fierceness

Headbutting animals may suffer the same kind of traumatic brain injuries that humans do. By studying them, we could learn how to improve our own brain health.

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