Sleeping for only a few minutes at a time? While this might sound like a true ordeal for humans, it's no problem for some ...

Can Ben Lamm save the planet? He thinks so. Short, stocky and unassuming with a puckish sense of humor, the shaggy-haired ...

The plight of a young, abandoned macaque monkey in Japan has tugged at heartstrings around the world. If we recognise animals' capacity for distress, what responsibility does that entail?

In terms of emotion, the ecologist Almo Farina and environmental scientist Philip James have argued that the fear of humans ...

When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just for a ...

Summer in South Africa can be relentless, with heatwaves pushing temperatures well beyond comfort levels. Wildlife does not escape this reality.

The lions that roamed the plains of northern Botswana were dying. One by one, the big cats were succumbing to poisoned bait ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, the skies of South America were ruled by a colossal bird. Argentavis magnificens, one of ...

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.

Six DIY kits use upcycled materials to teach children about endangered African wildlife through hands on building and ...

Conservationists are raising the plight of the pangolin, a scaly anteater found in parts of Africa and Asia that is the most ...