1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1743+ words) On the Fourth of July, a picture of a black bear sitting on the edge of a Tennessee cornfield sparked a social media flurry. It was the beginning of a deluge. Over the next month, bears would be recorded running…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (840+ words) Queen conch were once so abundant that fishers in many parts of the Caribbean could wade into knee-deep waters and gather armfuls of the pink, whorled shells. Today, however, the giant marine snails are in decline across the Gulf of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (538+ words) Seven years after being returned to the forests of northern Sumatra from a rehabilitation facility, a female orangutan rescued from traffickers has been found nurturing a baby in the wild, giving new encouragement that reintroduced apes can establish breeding populations....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) Over two decades ago, the University of California, San Diego created what is now known as ALERTCalifornia, a natural-disaster and wildfire response network that monitors over 1,200 trail cameras across the state. Through the years, animals like golden eagles have made…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (457+ words) He set up a camera trap for many months to monitor a remote river crossing deep in the nature reserve’s forests. “For me, the opportunity was irresistible,” Berrard-Lucas wrote on his blog. “The Maasai Mara is one of the most…...