Wildlife

Split image showing two gannets touching beaks on the left and two gannets in a crowded colony raising their beaks together on the right.

Campaigners Push To End The Guga Hunt As Gannet Colony Concerns Grow

Young gannets return to Scotland’s cliffs after a winter at sea, where each breeding pair works to raise just one chick. But on Sula Sgeir, the law can still allow...

Campaigners Push To End The Guga Hunt As Gannet Colony Concerns Grow

Young gannets return to Scotland’s cliffs after a winter at sea, where each breeding pair works to raise just one chick. But on Sula Sgeir, the law can still allow...

Very small orange kitten with wet fur sitting on a car seat beside a towel, open food package, and plastic bottle, looking weak but alert.

Sick Kitten Nearly Dies By A Parked Car While Everyone Walks Past

A tiny kitten sat alone beside the wheel of a parked car near a busy roundabout, too sick and weak to save himself. Cars rushed past, people ignored him, and...

Sick Kitten Nearly Dies By A Parked Car While Everyone Walks Past

A tiny kitten sat alone beside the wheel of a parked car near a busy roundabout, too sick and weak to save himself. Cars rushed past, people ignored him, and...

Split image showing a cyanide poison device in the ground on the left and a black-and-white dog sitting in grass on the right.

Federal Agencies Open The Door To Deadly Cyanide Poison Traps

Cyanide bombs are not a relic of the past. Federal guidance could allow these deadly M-44 poison devices to be considered again on public lands, where families hike, dogs explore,...

Federal Agencies Open The Door To Deadly Cyanide Poison Traps

Cyanide bombs are not a relic of the past. Federal guidance could allow these deadly M-44 poison devices to be considered again on public lands, where families hike, dogs explore,...

Split image showing a macro portrait of a yellow-legged hornet on the left and a side view of another hornet standing on wood on the right.

Live Yellow Legged Hornet Found And Bees Are At Risk

A live yellow-legged hornet has been intercepted at a Washington port, raising new concern for honey bees, native pollinators, and the crops that depend on them. Officials say one hornet...

Live Yellow Legged Hornet Found And Bees Are At Risk

A live yellow-legged hornet has been intercepted at a Washington port, raising new concern for honey bees, native pollinators, and the crops that depend on them. Officials say one hornet...

Split image of a monk seal caution sign on a beach and a close-up of a monk seal sleeping on the sand with sandy whiskers.

Rock Hurled At Rare Hawaiian Monk Seal Triggers Federal Investigation

A Hawaiian monk seal was resting near shore in Lahaina when witnesses say a man picked up a large rock and threw it toward the animal. The video spread fast,...

Rock Hurled At Rare Hawaiian Monk Seal Triggers Federal Investigation

A Hawaiian monk seal was resting near shore in Lahaina when witnesses say a man picked up a large rock and threw it toward the animal. The video spread fast,...

Split image showing a distant bison herd at dusk beside a close-up portrait of a bison’s face in winter.

Trump Administration Targets America’s Buffalo In A Fight Over Public Land

The American bison once nearly vanished from the continent. Now, a federal decision could force hundreds of them off public grasslands in Montana and replace their grazing permits with cattle-only...

Trump Administration Targets America’s Buffalo In A Fight Over Public Land

The American bison once nearly vanished from the continent. Now, a federal decision could force hundreds of them off public grasslands in Montana and replace their grazing permits with cattle-only...