wildlife-conservation

The 2023 San Diego Leopard Cubs refer to young leopards (Panthera pardus) born or present at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in 2023. This relationship explainer focuses on...

River otters (Lontra canadensis) are widespread across Wisconsin and remain one of the state’s most recognizable semi-aquatic carnivores. Once rare due to unregulated trapping...

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are listed as endangered or vulnerable across major populations, driven primarily by coastal development, bycatch in fisheries, poaching, and clim...

The phrase “nene on the new normal” typically refers to how the nene (Branta sandvicensis, the Hawaiian goose) fits into post-pandemic and broader societal, environmental, a...

Tracking bears in Yellowstone focuses on understanding survival, movement, and interactions in a landscape shaped by both wilderness values and human activity. Researchers use a...

Across the shallow, seasonally ice-covered waters of the Chukchi Sea, polar bears move with deliberate energy between drifting pack ice, coastal leads, and rare landfast ice nea...

Grizzly 399 is a famous wild grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem widely monitored by researchers. The phrase who hit grizzly 399 usually refers to a vehicle collis...

Green sea turtles nest on Florida beaches from May through October, and encounters with marked nests can raise questions when a nest is reported as dead or pipped. A dead nest c...

Missing penguins refers to situations where penguins cannot be located during routine surveys, breeding cycles, or expected presence periods, raising concerns about survival, mi...

Jaguars are rare but verified in Arizona, primarily along the U.S.–Mexico border in the southern part of the state. These large, spotted cats are native to the Americas and hi...