One of Rarest Great Apes on Earth Is No Longer Critically Endangered
The mountain gorilla is one resilient-ass animal. War, hunting, habitat loss, and disease nearly wiped out the…
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The Congo's Ancient Forest Could Be Gone in Our Lifetime
Stretching across the heart of the African continent, the Congo rainforest is a global treasure. There, you’ll find the…
Nearly 50 New Bee Species Discovered in Utah National Monument Trump Shrunk
If you’re looking for bees, head to the desert. There, you’ll find blue bees, tiny bees no larger than 2 millimeters,…
Extremely Relatable Salmon Get Stuck in Traffic Migrating Through Washington
Salmon will do whatever it takes to make some babies. They’ll even dart across oncoming traffic, apparently.
Dammit, Another 4 Critically Endangered Black Rhinos Have Died After Being Relocated
Efforts to save the critically-endangered black rhino appear cursed. Conservation nonprofit African Parks and South…
Human Medicine Use Loading Up River Creatures With Dozens of Different Drugs
Medicines do an excellent job of increasing the quality of life for humans around the world, but the drugs don’t stay…
Whales Can Now Be Tracked From Space
Whales are big-ass animals. They’re so big, in fact, that satellite technology is now good enough to spot them from…
Just Five Countries Control Most of the World's Remaining Wilderness
There are few corners of the planet humanity has yet to occupy or change. Truly wild areas are rarities, and a new map…
Palau Becomes First Nation to Ban Sunscreens That Harm Corals
Sunscreen is essential for any tropical trip. After all, no one’s trying to return home with red, burnt skin. Your…
Has Haiti Lost Nearly All of Its Forest? It's Complicated
The cloud forests of Haiti’s Macaya National Park are believed to carry the world’s largest concentration of endemic…
Why This Adorable, Bug-Eyed Marsupial Is in Big Trouble
Mountain pygmy-possums—big-eyed, stupefyingly cute hamster-sized marsupials—aren’t doing so hot. Critically-endangered,…
Bison Are Helping Rewild the Last of the Midwest's Prairies
When white settlers first arrived, a large swath of the U.S. was blanketed in tallgrass prairie. But turmoil came to…
Wild Vertebrate Populations Have Declined 60 Percent in Last 40 Years, Alarming Report Finds
In 2016, the World Wildlife Fund released a shattering report: from 1970 to 2012, 14,000 monitored vertebrate…
There Are More Tiger Types Than We Thought, New Genetic Analysis Reveals
Tigers seem pretty straightforward: stripes, sharp claws, awe-inspiring grace wielded by hundreds of pounds of rippling…
Internet-Famous Gay Penguin Couple Welcomes New Chick Into the World
Love is a wonderful thing, especially when it involves gay penguin dads.
Thom Yorke's New Ode to the Antarctic Will Give You Chills
If Antarctica had a theme song, I imagine it’d be a lyricless, transcendent tune. It’d be both irresistible and eerie.…
The Biggest Organism on Earth Is Dying, and It's Our Fault
The heaviest organism on Earth isn’t a whale or an elephant. It’s a tree—or rather, a system of over 40,000 clonal…
Lake Erie's Water Crisis Is So Bad This Brewery Is Putting Algae in Beer
TOLEDO, OHIO—The staff at Maumee Bay Brewing Company swear that the brewery’s 150-year old building is haunted. A…
It Could Take Mammals 7 Million Years to Recover From Humanity Wiping Them Out
Elephants’ brethren—including mastodons and mammoths—once ranged across the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa. But natural…