Wildlife & Conservation

A colonial-era myth about endangered pink river dolphins in the Amazon has led to a false belief that perfumes or...

After 82 years of a life devoted to saltwater crocodiles, John Lever still fondly recalls the first “saltie” he ever...

Federal research and funding plays a crucial role in enabling scientists to monitor ocean conditions — including the domoic acid...

Kanzi, the world’s most celebrated bonobo who learned to communicate and play Minecraft with humans, died last week in Iowa,...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The war in...

COLOMBO — Monkeys were expected to be among the chief culprits identified as Sri Lanka carried out a nationwide survey...

John Marriott had been tracking the cougar for four years using trail cameras, and recently he was shocked to discover...

Everyone’s been asking, “What does the fox say?” – well, not much when his head is stuck in a metal...