The coquí frog is a Puerto Rican icon—but it’s in danger
Bad Bunny’s latest album amplifies the voices of Puerto Rico’s coquí and endangered crested toad, highlighting the urgent need to protect the island’s fragile ecosystems and cultural heritage.
These ants are saving our forests—by spraying acid everywhere
The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.
The essential guide to visiting Daytona Beach, Florida
Golden beaches, a lively new Riverfront Esplanade, historic neighborhoods, and a rich racing heritage set the city built on ...
On the trail of the elusive pangolin at a South African safari reserve
On a private game reserve in south africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an unlikely creature is making a tentative comeback— and ...
The surprisingly fraught fight for a pet cat in Antarctica
The Antarctic continent is cold, dark, and desolate for much of the year, so scientists want a cuddly feline companion to ...
Enchanted Soudah: Nature in the clouds
Formerly a traffic policeman in Riyadh, but native to Soudah, Ahmed fell into environmental conservation by chance. Raised in a family with livestock herds, he had learned to take care of goats since ...
Cave ecosystems thrive in the dark. What happens when tourists light them up?
In Belize’s Actun Tunichil Muknal cave, a sacred Maya site, plants grow in darkness, sparking concerns about how tourism affects its fragile ecosystem.
Two ways bird flu could cause a human pandemic
The US just recorded the first death from severe bird flu. Experts say it's not too early, or unreasonable, to prepare for ...
This orca is carrying around another dead calf. Here’s what we know about how orcas grieve
Tahlequah previously carried another dead newborn for 17 days in 2018. Here's what she's taught us about how orcas deal with ...
Spirit Bear
In a moss-draped rain forest in British Columbia, towering red cedars live a thousand years, and black bears are born with ...
Why Mongolia should be your next wellness escape
Barren yet beautiful, the moonscapes of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert are an alluring world of steppes, boreal forest, sand and rock ...
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Bald eagles weren't actually the U.S. national bird—until now
With its stark white head, dangerous talons, and a wingspan of more than 6.5 feet, the bald eagle cuts a silhouette few other birds in North America can compete with. And yet, much of what we ...