Matthew Russell
Articles by Matthew Russell
Camouflaged Predator Baffles Thousands in Viral Forest Photo
A peaceful forest trail. Sunlight filtering through the trees. Dry leaves scattered across the path. Looks ordinary… until you realize you’re being watched. Somewhere in this serene scene, a leopard...
Camouflaged Predator Baffles Thousands in Viral Forest Photo
A peaceful forest trail. Sunlight filtering through the trees. Dry leaves scattered across the path. Looks ordinary… until you realize you’re being watched. Somewhere in this serene scene, a leopard...
Exotic Pet Craze in Thailand Fuels Lion Abuse and Black Market Trade
In Thailand, lion cubs are bottle-fed for Instagram fame, bred in cramped backrooms, and paraded through city streets in luxury cars. Behind the viral videos and photo ops lies a hidden...
Exotic Pet Craze in Thailand Fuels Lion Abuse and Black Market Trade
In Thailand, lion cubs are bottle-fed for Instagram fame, bred in cramped backrooms, and paraded through city streets in luxury cars. Behind the viral videos and photo ops lies a hidden...
Dogs Join the Fight to Save Michigan’s Disappearing Turtles
In Michigan’s northern rivers, a species is slipping away—but dogs are helping turn the tide. Trained to sniff out elusive wood turtles, the dogs help conservation teams find what human...
Dogs Join the Fight to Save Michigan’s Disappearing Turtles
In Michigan’s northern rivers, a species is slipping away—but dogs are helping turn the tide. Trained to sniff out elusive wood turtles, the dogs help conservation teams find what human...
Giant Pregnant Sea Turtle Battles Back From Devastating Boat Strike
She was massive, pregnant, and nearly crushed to death. Pennywise the loggerhead sea turtle survived a brutal boat strike, a CT scan at a horse clinic, and months of healing—then...
Giant Pregnant Sea Turtle Battles Back From Devastating Boat Strike
She was massive, pregnant, and nearly crushed to death. Pennywise the loggerhead sea turtle survived a brutal boat strike, a CT scan at a horse clinic, and months of healing—then...
Chemical-Eating Creatures Discovered Thriving in Ocean’s Darkest Trenches
At nearly 6 miles below the surface, in a place colder and darker than anywhere else on Earth, scientists found something extraordinary—thriving colonies of tube worms and clams that don’t...
Chemical-Eating Creatures Discovered Thriving in Ocean’s Darkest Trenches
At nearly 6 miles below the surface, in a place colder and darker than anywhere else on Earth, scientists found something extraordinary—thriving colonies of tube worms and clams that don’t...
Rare Drone Sighting Captures One of the Last Wedgefish Alive
A ghost of the ocean surfaced off Western Australia—and someone caught it on camera. A critically endangered wedgefish, rarely seen alive, was filmed gliding through shallow waters with a trail...
Rare Drone Sighting Captures One of the Last Wedgefish Alive
A ghost of the ocean surfaced off Western Australia—and someone caught it on camera. A critically endangered wedgefish, rarely seen alive, was filmed gliding through shallow waters with a trail...