Tag: wildlife

African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) significantly increase their overlap with commercial fishing vessels during years when fish stocks are low, escalating competition for...

Connecting fragmented wildlife habitats is vital for biodiversity but may also pose ecological risks, warns recent research by Universities of Leedsand Oxford....

Africa ’s legendary wildlife—the elephants, rhinos, lions, and other megafauna that once shaped the continent’s landscapes—no longer power nature’s engines as they...

The illegal wildlife trade is not just an environmental concern — it is a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise embedded inside complex networks of...

A groundbreaking study from the University of Arizona challenges widely held assumptions that Earth is currently undergoing a sixth mass extinction. The research, led...

After nearly three decades without a confirmed sighting, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct. This...

Common dolphins, among the planet’s most abundant marine mammals, are living significantly shorter lives in the North Atlantic, according to researchers. A University...

Warming temperatures, extreme weather, and shifting water systems are severely affecting migratory species across the globe. These changes are altering species’ ranges,...

A long-term study conducted in Colorado has revealed a dramatic decline in flying insect populations, even in remote, relatively undisturbed areas. Over...

Insect populations are collapsing even in ecosystems with minimal direct human disturbance, says a new study from the University of North Carolina...