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Miniature African Forest Elephants Could Be Extinct in 10 Years
Ivory poachers slashed the population of the small elephants by 62 percent in the past decade--future losses at those rates will doom the species
Jane Goodall Reveals Her Lifelong Fascination With…Plants?
After studying chimpanzees for decades, the celebrated scientist turns her penetrating gaze on another life-form
Brian Skerry Has the World’s Best Job: Ocean Photographer
The freelancer’s new exhibit at the Natural History Museum captures the beauty, and fragility, of sea life
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Why does this parasitic plant remind us of romance?
December 21, 2011
| By Rob Dunn
Yellow saddle goatfish, mastodon ribs and more in this month’s summary of wildlife news
January 2012
| By T.A. Frail, Joseph Stromberg, Erin Wayman and Sarah Zielinski
After all but disappearing, the mammals are again being sighted in Washington's Cascade Range
January 2012
| By Eric Wagner
Chimneys may be obsolete in modern buildings, but they’re crucial habitat for the bird species on the West Coast
November 18, 2011
| By Maria Dolan
Scientists have discovered that the massive mammal uses elaborate buzzes, clicks and squeaks that spell doom for the animal's prey
December 2011
| By Eric Wagner
Elephant Seals, Neanderthal evolution and more news from the world of science
December 2011
| By T.A. Frail, Joseph Stromberg, Abigail Tucker, Erin Wayman and Sarah Zielinski
Parasites and zombies are not science fiction; they infest rats, crickets, ants, moths and other creatures, sucking the life out of them
October 24, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
The demand for alternative remedies has given rise to a poaching industry that, along with other factors, has decimated animal populations
October 19, 2011
| By Joseph Stromberg and Sarah Zielinski
As demand for rhino horn soars, police and conservationists in South Africa pit technology against increasingly sophisticated poachers
November 2011
| By Richard Conniff
Traveling snails, brainwashed rats and more updates from the world of wildlife
November 2011
| By T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Joseph Stromberg, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Two scientists are in a grim contest in the American Southeast to document some of the animal kingdom's most endangered species
October 07, 2011
| By Rob Dunn
A bold plan for wildlife corridors that connect populations from Mexico to Argentina could mean the big cat's salvation
October 2011
| By Sharon Guynup
High in the Himalayas, the Tibetan bunting is getting help from a very special friend
October 2011
| By Phil McKenna
Sea monster mamas, bat signals and opossum versus viper
October 2011
| By T.A. Frail, Joseph Stromberg, Erin Wayman and Sarah Zielinski
Marine biologist Mary Hagedorn has learned to freeze and reanimate coral cells
September 15, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
In a Wisconsin reservoir, these normally terrestrial animals have managed not only to survive but to thrive underwater
August 29, 2011
| By Erika Janik
Biologists scale city trees to bag a surprisingly urban species, the Cooper's Hawk
August 23, 2011
| By Eric Wagner
Could the California sea otters' peculiar dietary habits be impeding their resurgence?
September 2011
| By Jess Righthand
Cleaner wrasse fish, black widow spiders and even bananas made the news recently as part of the latest wildlife research
September 2011
| By T.A. Frail, Laura Helmuth, Julie Mianecki, Jesse Rhodes and Erin Wayman
Sharks, starfish, ferns and sci-fi-worthy sea creatures have been discovered in a new massive survey
August 09, 2011
| By Andy Isaacson
Staffers at the National Zoo clue us in to how animals like elephants and hippos protect themselves from harmful UV rays
July 08, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
The chikungunya virus has escaped Africa and is traveling around the world via a widespread, invasive, voracious mosquito
June 29, 2011
| By Carrie Arnold
After over 150 years since it was first sighted by the HMS Daedalus, the mysterious creature still eludes scientists
June 22, 2011
| By Brian Switek
Humans may be near the top of the food chain now, but who were our ancestors’ biggest predators?
June 21, 2011
| By Rob Dunn
Hummingbirds, attacking bears, ancient hominids and other news updates in wildlife research
August 2011
| By T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Laura Helmuth, Erin Wayman and Sarah Zielinski
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