A new photo library of West Africa's desert elephants is helping researchers track the dwindling herd and protect their imperiled migration routes.
A woodpecker feared extinct reappears in Arkansas
Fireflies' come-hither signals are being decoded by penlight-wielding biologists who've found treachery, also, in the summer-night flashes
The tropics are home to the world's most venomous creatures-jellyfish with 4 brains, 24 eyes and stingers that can kill you in a minute flat
On the remote Alaskan archipelago, scientists and Aleuts are trying to find the causes of a worrisome decline in fur seals
Cristián Samper's lifelong love of flora and fauna inspires creative new displays of the world's largest collection
When a group of Native Americans took up bison ranching, they brought a prairie back to life
From mosquitoes to mementos, the smallest items in the Smithsonian's collections can be the most useful
A pistol-packing American scientist puts his life on the line to reduce "the most serious threat to African wildlife"
The foreign-born frontiersman became one of the 19th century's greatest wildlife artists and a hero of the ecology movement
In Anchorage, Alaska, you never know when a moose will show up on your doorstep
Northwest of Seattle, an overly friendly orca polarizes a community
When Luna, a people-loving orca, chose Vancouver Island's Nootka Sound for his home, he set in motion a drama of leviathan proportions
A disastrous chain of events nearly wiped out California's diminutive island fox. Scientists hope it's not too late to undo the damage
The California condor learns from people, other condors and the school of hard knocks
Sure, the new Kids' Farm at the National Zoo will be educational, but a giant rubber pizza and a "caring corral" will make it also a place for fun
British horsewoman Francesca Kelly brings India's fiery Marwari to the United States in hopes of reviving the breed
Scores of teams battle for fame and glory in the no-holds-barred World Series of Birding
Floridians raise a ruckus over manatees as biologists weigh prospects for the endangered species' survival
Insomniac islanders are hopping mad over a tiny frog from that threatens their fragile ecosystem
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