Environment

America's Elephants Are Dying in Silence Behind Zoo Walls

America's Elephants Are Dying in Silence Behind Zoo Walls

They rock back and forth for hours. They cry out in pain no one hears. Their babies die young. You might think zoos protect elephants—but the truth tells a far...

America's Elephants Are Dying in Silence Behind Zoo Walls

They rock back and forth for hours. They cry out in pain no one hears. Their babies die young. You might think zoos protect elephants—but the truth tells a far...

Conservation Teams Are Sawing Off Rhino Horns to Stop Brutal Killings And It's Working

Conservation Teams Are Sawing Off Rhino Horns to Stop Brutal Killings And It's Working

What do you do when centuries of tradition, organized crime, and sky-high black-market prices target one of the world’s most iconic animals? You take away the prize.

Conservation Teams Are Sawing Off Rhino Horns to Stop Brutal Killings And It's Working

What do you do when centuries of tradition, organized crime, and sky-high black-market prices target one of the world’s most iconic animals? You take away the prize.

Louie The Otter Escapes Wisconsin Zoo And Chooses To Remain In The Wild

Louie The Otter Escapes Wisconsin Zoo And Chooses To Remain In The Wild

Louie the otter was born in the wild, lived in a zoo, and then vanished during a snowstorm. His companion returned—but Louie didn’t. Now, after two months of search efforts,...

Louie The Otter Escapes Wisconsin Zoo And Chooses To Remain In The Wild

Louie the otter was born in the wild, lived in a zoo, and then vanished during a snowstorm. His companion returned—but Louie didn’t. Now, after two months of search efforts,...

Hungry Wild Elephant Raids Store and Walks Out With Snacks

Hungry Wild Elephant Raids Store and Walks Out With Snacks

What do you do when a 30-year-old wild elephant strolls into your grocery store, helps himself to crackers and bananas, then calmly walks out with a snack in his trunk?...

Hungry Wild Elephant Raids Store and Walks Out With Snacks

What do you do when a 30-year-old wild elephant strolls into your grocery store, helps himself to crackers and bananas, then calmly walks out with a snack in his trunk?...

Lost Dog Flees Foster Home and Swims 100 Miles Before Rescue At Sea

Lost Dog Flees Foster Home and Swims 100 Miles Before Rescue At Sea

She cleared an eight-foot fence. She vanished into the wild. For 36 days, no one could catch her. Then she swam a mile through open water—alone—only to be found clinging...

Lost Dog Flees Foster Home and Swims 100 Miles Before Rescue At Sea

She cleared an eight-foot fence. She vanished into the wild. For 36 days, no one could catch her. Then she swam a mile through open water—alone—only to be found clinging...

Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever

Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever

In once-frigid fjords and along warming coastlines, seaweed forests are rapidly expanding. These underwater ecosystems are now reshaping not only local habitats but the very chemistry of the ocean.

Seaweed Forests Are Taking Over Fragile Marine Ecosystems and Changing the Ocean Forever

In once-frigid fjords and along warming coastlines, seaweed forests are rapidly expanding. These underwater ecosystems are now reshaping not only local habitats but the very chemistry of the ocean.