She couldn’t believe it. Not long ago, a woman in New South Wales, Australia, returned home after a holiday shopping trip and immediately noticed something unusual about the Christmas wreath…
A team of Australian scientists has made an astonishing discovery: a giant snail species long believed to be extinct is, in fact, still alive. The find has led to one…
The concept first took shape in California’s Sierra Nevada, a dramatic mountain range where warming temperatures and shrinking snowpack are reshaping ecosystems — often with severe consequences for wildlife. One…
From Extinct in the Wild to Endangered: The Remarkable Return of the Scimitar-Horned Oryx Even as the last scimitar-horned oryx were being killed for meat and leather across the Saharan…
CBD and Dogs: New Research on Potential Benefits Cannabidiol (CBD) is widely used by humans to help with issues like chronic pain, inflammation, and nausea. Recent research suggests that dogs…
“Our rehabilitator feared the worst …” Last September, the team at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center (RRWC) received an unexpected call from a woman named Brittany and her father, Ken. The…
Even without brains, creatures like jellyfish and sea anemones can learn from experience. Sea stars, jellyfish, sea urchins, and sea anemones don’t have brains — yet they can sense danger,…
“It was the encounter of a lifetime.” Sometimes, timing is everything — and for one harbor seal off the coast of Washington State, that truth became a matter of survival.…
Scientists at the University of California, Davis report the discovery of a previously unrecognized trapdoor spider that lives in California’s coastal sand dunes. The species, named Aptostichus ramirezae, is closely…
On the remote shores of Ulong Island in Palau, a remarkable conservation success story is unfolding. Once overrun by invasive rats, this tropical paradise is now teeming with renewed life,…