wildlife

The San Joaquin River has spread far beyond its banks as the snowpack melts in California's Sierra Nevada.

Environment

The latest to be evacuated from California's floods? Bunnies

2:25pm May 04, 2023

by Lauren Sommer

Rising rivers are stranding endangered riparian brush rabbits in California. Wildlife officials are searching out and relocating hundreds of them to help protect the species.

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A riverside fisherman pulls a captured pirarucu into his canoe in Lake Amanã on Nov. 15.

Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again

5:00am December 07, 2022

by John Otis

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

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Staff and volunteers load a camel into a vehicle to be evacuated from Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 4. The zoo has been shelled repeatedly during the Russian invasion. At least five staff or volunteers were killed and nearly 100 animals at the zoo died as of April.

World News

War takes a heavy toll on animals too. See how people in Ukraine strive to save them

8:42am September 20, 2022

Thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. Four-legged Ukrainians are also suffering, but there are groups working to help the animals.

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Orange dots mark the trees that were damaged in the path of the jet crash.

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

4:35pm July 01, 2022

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

This aerial file photo provided by the National Park Service shows the Junction Butte wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.

Protections for gray wolves restored across much of the U.S.

6:38pm February 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The ruling by a U.S. district judge puts a spotlight on a species whose recovery from near-extinction has been heralded as a historic conservation success.

Fruit-eating animals spread the seeds of plants in ecosystems around the world. Their decline means plants could have a harder time finding new habitats as the climate changes.

Environment

To get by in a changing climate, plants need animal poop to carry them to safety

6:56am January 18, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

As the climate gets hotter, plants could need to move to new habitats. But animals that eat their fruit and help spread the seeds are disappearing.

Environment

Carolina Curious: How has the Salem Lake construction impacted local biodiversity?

8:10am January 13, 2022

by Cooper Sullivan

Since early September, Salem Lake's water levels have been about 10 feet lower than normal as construction crews are working on the boat ramp and retaining walls.

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Researchers were able to detect DNA from elephants at the Copenhagen Zoo simply by sampling the air nearby.

Scientists vacuum zoo animals' DNA out of the air

7:00am January 09, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

Researchers who detected that detecting environmental DNA, or eDNA, in two zoos say the technique could one day be used to look for endangered species in remote locations in the wild.

U.S. bald eagle populations have more than quadrupled in the lower 48 states since 2009, according to a new survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Once Imperiled, America's Bald Eagle Populations Are Soaring

3:11pm March 25, 2021

by Nathan Rott

The number of bald eagles in the lower 48 states has quadrupled since 2009, according to a new survey. The findings are a bright spot in an otherwise troubling picture for American birds.

A macaque monkey in a tree in Fukushima prefecture. After the 2011 nuclear disaster, towns and neighborhoods in Fukushima were left devoid of humans for years, and nature started to reclaim the space.

World News

In Rural Fukushima, 'The Border Between Monkeys And Humans Has Blurred'

8:16am September 10, 2020

by Kat Lonsdorf

After people evacuated their homes following a nuclear disaster in the Japanese prefecture, nature started to reclaim the space. The humans are trying to return, but it's an uneasy coexistence.

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