Wildlife(Page 24)

The latest on the fascinating flora and fauna of our planet.

Latest in Wildlife

A coyote in the snow.

Eastern coyotes are increasingly common—here are 5 facts to know about them

By Bob Humphrey/ Outdoor Life

three black-footed ferrets

Endangered Species

The fight to save America’s most endangered mammal

peregrine falcon perched on a rock

A peregrine falcon’s power to migrate may lie in its DNA

By Philip Kiefer

thylacines at national zoo

Identifying animals in photos is trickier than you might think

By Philip Kiefer

wisconsin wolf hunt

Endangered Species

Wisconsin hunters have already killed more gray wolves than allowed

By Alan Clemons/ Outdoor Life

A reimagined prehistoric bird chasing a dragonfly over plants

Were rocks on the menu for these ancient birds?

By Erin Fennessy

fisherman holding a rope on a boat

Post-pandemic seafood could be more sustainable. Here’s how tech is driving the change.

By Virginia Gewin

The Conway Summit Area of Critical Environmental Concern is managed by the BLM California’s Bishop Field Office.

Biden sets an ambitious goal to protect 30 percent of US lands and waters

By Christine Peterson/ Outdoor Life

A captive Gila monster in a glass case with its purple tongue sticking out

When scientific pursuits become death sentences

By Hannah Thomasy/Undark

A mallard hen and drake perched on a concrete embankment near a city.

Four wild animals that are thriving in cities

By Ryan Chelius/ Outdoor Life

This ancient fish-crocodile mashup snared its prey using a key adaptation

By Kate Baggaley

An orange truck spreading salt on a snowy airport runway

Fish blood could hold the answer to safer de-icing solutions during snowstorms

By Monika Bleszynski/The Conversation

sharks in the ocean

Endangered Species

Sharks and rays are far less abundant in the world’s oceans than 50 years ago

By Kate Baggaley

An apple on the ground in the forest, surrounded by fallen leaves.

Once you know what happens to food you leave outdoors, you’ll stop doing it

By Alisha McDarris

The Trump border wall made of concrete and steel on the edge of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona

Endangered Species

How the Trump border wall sapped a desert oasis dry

By Lucy Sherriff

A young girl fishes in a lake.

The happiness and heartbreak of a daughter’s first fishing trip

By Jonathon Klein/Field & Stream

A pack of llamas on top of a canyon in Peru

Llamas are hotter than ever. Here’s why.

By Emily Wakild/The Conversation

birds flying under the moon

Before we knew how bird migration worked, scientists had some truly wild theories

By Alice Gorman/MIT Press Reader

The White House covered in snow

The Trump administration’s environmental legacy can be undone. Here’s how.

By Purbita Saha

Salmon are dying off and your car tires might be to blame

By Kate Baggaley

A pod of fish with red backs and green fins splashing in shallow running water.

North America’s biggest salmon run may no longer be in danger

By Alex Robinson / Outdoor Life

Remembering one of history’s greatest whale explosions

By Sara Kiley Watson

An illustration of a male wild turkey with two hens

Three love stories about birds that will delight your heart

By Laura Erickson

Scientists are tracking down deep sea creatures with free-floating DNA

Endangered Species

Gray wolves are leaving the endangered species list. But should they?

southern right whales

The secret to helping this resilient whale species lies in its genes

By Emma Carroll/The Conversation

A human hand holds a light brown vampire bat.

Vampire bats socially distance when they feel sick

By María Paula Rubiano A.

This robotic hawk can shape-shift as it flies

A reconstruction of Ambopteryx in a glide.

Dinosaurs may have evolved into birds, but early flights didn’t go so well

By Kate Baggaley

An Amur tigress rubbing herself against a Manchurian fir tree

Check out the breathtaking winners of the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

By Rachael Zisk

Paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor birding with her mother in China

Birds are dinosaurs, and this fossil detective has rooms full of bones to prove it

By Science Friday

A ruby-throated hummingbird that hit a glass window, held in someone's hand

How to help an injured bird

By Purbita Saha

a black bear standing near a tree

Simple tips for getting black bears to leave you alone

By Alisha McDarris

We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs

By Kate Baggaley

Bear 128 'Grazer', with medium blonde coat and light fluffy ears standing at the edge of the water with tall grass behind her.

How scientists try to weigh some of the fattest bears on Earth

By María Paula Rubiano A.

Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help.

A male Northern cardinal feeding a female Northern cardinal

Few people knew female birds had unique songs—until women started studying them

By Omland, Rose & Odom/The Conversation

white-crowned sparrow singing in a tree

Bird songs got sexier during the COVID-19 shutdown

Monarch butterflies

Migrating monarchs are in trouble. Here’s how we can all help them.

By D. André Green II/The Conversation

acorn woodpecker

Blood, death, and eye gouging: welcome to the world of acorn woodpeckers

By Kate Baggaley

A day in the life of an eagle wrangler

By Maggie BenZvi/Coffee or Die

Your car is probably full of spiders

By Popular Science Team

A Blakiston's fish owl hunting for masu salmon in a river

The quest to snare—and save—the world’s largest owl

By Jonathan Slaght

bottlenose dolphins

Manmade pollutants could be harming marine mammals more than we think

A National Park mountain range against clear blue and lightly clouded skies overlooking a wooded forest area.

The Great American Outdoors Act proves that grassroots advocacy and democracy still work

By Robinson & Krebs/ Outdoor Life

Escaped exotic animals are changing the Texas landscape

By Asher Elbein/Texas Observer

sharks in the ocean

Endangered Species

Reef sharks around the world are in trouble

By Kate Baggaley

An Audubon's shearwater over water

Bird names are due for an anti-racist reckoning

By Hannah Thomasy/Undark

The ultra-black Pacific black dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus), the second-blackest fish studied by the research team.

These ultra-black fish camouflage with the darkness of the deep sea

American hunters on horseback through the Yukon

With the US-Canada border closed, wildlife tourism is hurting

By Joe Genzel/ Outdoor Life

A doe crossing a road in Yosemite National Park

Less roadkill during the pandemic could translate to more deer down the road

By Joe Genzel/ Outdoor Life

A grizzly bear walking through the snow.

These survival tips might actually get you killed

By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream

a white-throated sparrow

White-throated sparrows are ditching their classic song for a new tune

By Kate Baggaley

Hummingbirds can see colors we can’t even imagine

By Kate Baggaley

Black kids with binoculars

Black birders have never been safe or celebrated

By Jacqueline L. Scott/The Conversation

A male Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) perches atop a sunflower.

Migratory birds in the Eastern US are struggling to adapt to climate change

By Kate Baggaley

New Zealands animals

New Zealand’s bold rat-control campaign sees its first wave of successes

By Mara Johnson-Groh

Vets, farmers, and zookeepers can help prevent the next pandemic

By Lynne Peeples/Undark

A bull elk bugles in a field.

Ten shocking survival stories that real people lived to tell

By Field & Stream Editors

bats flying out of an abandoned gold mine

Why do so many diseases come from bats?

By Kate Baggaley

shark birth science

Why scientists are giving ultrasounds to 10-foot-long pregnant sharks

By Hannah Verkamp/The Conversation

Rhinos with oxpeckers on their back.

Rhinos pay a painful price for oxpecker protection

By Sara Kiley Watson

elk on golf course

The real reason we’re seeing more wildlife during the pandemic

"Albino" tigers are often just captive individuals bred for specific, atypical features.

‘Tiger King’ would have been more disturbing if it had focused on the big cat trade

By Allison Skidmore/The Conversation