Environment

Large python stretches across a bathroom sink faucet beside toothbrushes and toiletries.

Homeowner Walks Into Bathroom And Finds A Giant Python Staring Back In The Mirror

Homeowner startled by bathroom mirror python; WIRES recommends keeping distance and calling wildlife rescuers.

Homeowner Walks Into Bathroom And Finds A Giant Python Staring Back In The Mirror

Homeowner startled by bathroom mirror python; WIRES recommends keeping distance and calling wildlife rescuers.

Beekeeper wearing a veil and gloves examines a hive box glowing in warm evening light.

USDA Move Threatens Critical Bee Research After Massive Colony Losses

After widespread honeybee deaths, one federal lab helped identify a likely cause and gave beekeepers answers they needed. Now that same research center could be shut down.

USDA Move Threatens Critical Bee Research After Massive Colony Losses

After widespread honeybee deaths, one federal lab helped identify a likely cause and gave beekeepers answers they needed. Now that same research center could be shut down.

Mud-covered elephant and calf lie pressed closely together, with the larger elephant’s trunk and face resting against the smaller one.

Trapped In Deadly Mud A Mother Elephant Never Stops Shielding Her Baby

Mother elephant and calf rescued from treacherous mud highlight powerful family bonds and effective conservation collaboration.

Trapped In Deadly Mud A Mother Elephant Never Stops Shielding Her Baby

Mother elephant and calf rescued from treacherous mud highlight powerful family bonds and effective conservation collaboration.

Tiny spotted marsupial curls around several pink newborn babies tucked inside a dark cloth pouch.

Tiny Jellybean Joeys Offer Hope for Northern Quolls at Wildlife Sanctuary

Uplifting discovery: endangered northern quolls with pouch young show that conservation efforts at Brooklyn Wildlife Sanctuary are helping populations recover.

Tiny Jellybean Joeys Offer Hope for Northern Quolls at Wildlife Sanctuary

Uplifting discovery: endangered northern quolls with pouch young show that conservation efforts at Brooklyn Wildlife Sanctuary are helping populations recover.

Split image showing a mountain fire lookout tower on one side and a firefighter battling intense flames on the other.

Forest Service Plans To Close Critical Wildfire Research Stations As Danger Grows

The United States Forest Service is moving ahead with plans that could shut down research stations studying wildfire risk, drought, and forest change just as fire danger grows across the...

Forest Service Plans To Close Critical Wildfire Research Stations As Danger Grows

The United States Forest Service is moving ahead with plans that could shut down research stations studying wildfire risk, drought, and forest change just as fire danger grows across the...

Turtle Scarred By Plastic Rings Keeps Defying The Odds Three Decades Later

Turtle Scarred By Plastic Rings Keeps Defying The Odds Three Decades Later

Peanut the red-eared slider shows how a turtle cut free from six-pack rings inspires better litter disposal.

Turtle Scarred By Plastic Rings Keeps Defying The Odds Three Decades Later

Peanut the red-eared slider shows how a turtle cut free from six-pack rings inspires better litter disposal.