Nature & Wildlife Stories

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.

Cathy Brown

Getting to Know the Polar Bear: 8 Surprising Facts About the King of the Arctic

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are in the news all the time as the “poster animal” of climate change, but outside of the fact that they are big, look white...

Natural Habitat Adventures

13 Facts About Brown Bears (Ursus arctos)

Brown bears have long captured our imaginations in ways that few other wild animals have—they can stand on their two hind legs, pick things up with their...

Laura Kiniry

Exploring the Wonders of Glacier National Park’s Many Glacier Valley

It’s during the early daylight hours when Glacier National Park’s Many Glacier Valley is at its finest. The dramatic peaks of the Lewis Mountain Range take on...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

“New” Greenland Polar Bears Found

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown, isolated population of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland that has found a unique way to survive.

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Who’s Smarter: Your Domesticated Dog or a Wild Gray Wolf?

Greyhounds have been a part of my life for more than two decades. In fact, in 2019, when my husband and I got the call inviting us to visit the local kennel...

Laura Kiniry

Astounding Plants that Look Like Animals

When I was a kid, my mom took our family to see Disney’s Pete’s Dragon, a musical fantasy film that featured a large green animated dragon named Elliott who...

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