Wildlife

Dogs Join the Fight to Save Michigan’s Disappearing Turtles

Dogs Join the Fight to Save Michigan’s Disappearing Turtles

In Michigan’s northern rivers, a species is slipping away—but dogs are helping turn the tide. Trained to sniff out elusive wood turtles, the dogs help conservation teams find what human...

Dogs Join the Fight to Save Michigan’s Disappearing Turtles

In Michigan’s northern rivers, a species is slipping away—but dogs are helping turn the tide. Trained to sniff out elusive wood turtles, the dogs help conservation teams find what human...

Giant Pregnant Sea Turtle Battles Back From Devastating Boat Strike

Giant Pregnant Sea Turtle Battles Back From Devastating Boat Strike

She was massive, pregnant, and nearly crushed to death. Pennywise the loggerhead sea turtle survived a brutal boat strike, a CT scan at a horse clinic, and months of healing—then...

Giant Pregnant Sea Turtle Battles Back From Devastating Boat Strike

She was massive, pregnant, and nearly crushed to death. Pennywise the loggerhead sea turtle survived a brutal boat strike, a CT scan at a horse clinic, and months of healing—then...

Chemical-Eating Creatures Discovered Thriving in Ocean’s Darkest Trenches

Chemical-Eating Creatures Discovered Thriving in Ocean’s Darkest Trenches

At nearly 6 miles below the surface, in a place colder and darker than anywhere else on Earth, scientists found something extraordinary—thriving colonies of tube worms and clams that don’t...

Chemical-Eating Creatures Discovered Thriving in Ocean’s Darkest Trenches

At nearly 6 miles below the surface, in a place colder and darker than anywhere else on Earth, scientists found something extraordinary—thriving colonies of tube worms and clams that don’t...

Rare Drone Sighting Captures One of the Last Wedgefish Alive

Rare Drone Sighting Captures One of the Last Wedgefish Alive

A ghost of the ocean surfaced off Western Australia—and someone caught it on camera. A critically endangered wedgefish, rarely seen alive, was filmed gliding through shallow waters with a trail...

Rare Drone Sighting Captures One of the Last Wedgefish Alive

A ghost of the ocean surfaced off Western Australia—and someone caught it on camera. A critically endangered wedgefish, rarely seen alive, was filmed gliding through shallow waters with a trail...

Scientists Spot World's Smallest Snake for First Time in 20 Years

Scientists Spot World's Smallest Snake for First Time in 20 Years

The Barbados threadsnake, which tops out at four inches long, was rediscovered on a March survey trip.

Scientists Spot World's Smallest Snake for First Time in 20 Years

The Barbados threadsnake, which tops out at four inches long, was rediscovered on a March survey trip.

They Put It Where?!? Chimps Start Bizarre Trend and Stun Researchers

They Put It Where?!? Chimps Start Bizarre Trend and Stun Researchers

What started as one chimp’s quirky habit has turned into a full-blown trend—blades of grass dangling from ears and even rear ends. No medical reason. No utility. Just copycat behavior...

They Put It Where?!? Chimps Start Bizarre Trend and Stun Researchers

What started as one chimp’s quirky habit has turned into a full-blown trend—blades of grass dangling from ears and even rear ends. No medical reason. No utility. Just copycat behavior...