Maine’s coastal waters are home to one of the most beloved seabirds in North America. The Atlantic puffin, with its distinctive colorful beak and waddling gait, has become a symbol of successful conservation. Yet beneath this success story lies a troubling reality that has researchers deeply concerned. These remarkable birds are facing unprecedented challenges that ...
Something is rewriting the rules of the Everglades, and it coils in silence. The Burmese pyth, a heavyweight from Southeast Asia, has slipped into Florida’s river of grass and turned a complex food web its head. Rangers, scientists, and hunters have pulled thousands from the swamps, yet the populati keeps breeding and spreading across ...
Our planet continues to surprise us with its hidden treasures. Just when historians and archaeologists think they’ve mapped out human civilization, another ancient site emerges from the depths of time, challenging everything we thought we knew. From mysterious underwater cities to towering temples buried by sand, these discoveries are rewriting history books and sparking debates ...
Picture this: prehistoric predators cruising through murky waterways like living fossils, their eyes glinting just above the surface. In the Mississippi Delta, these modern dinosaurs are quietly staging one of America’s most remarkable wildlife comebacks. Once on the brink of extinction, American alligators are now flourishing across Louisiana’s restored wetlands, turning what was once a ...
Deep within the towering old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, something extraordinary is vanishing. These ancient woodlands, home to some of the world’s most remarkable wildlife, are facing an unprecedented crisis that’s teaching scientists about the delicate balance between species survival and ecosystem preservation. The northern spotted owl, once a symbol of forest protection efforts, ...
Trail cameras in Arizona’s Sky Islands have been quietly recording a comeback story that once felt impossible: a jaguar slipping through oak canyons and grasslands, eyes flaring in infrared, rosettes crisp as constellations. After sporadic detections in 2023 and 2024, University of Arizona researchers confirmed a flurry of sightings this summer of a single male ...
Each September, the world turns its attention to one of the most enchanting and endangered creatures—the red panda. World Red Panda Day, also known as International Red Panda Day (IRPD), is celebrated on the third Saturday of September. Launched in 2010 by the Red Panda Network, this day inspires global awareness and support for red ...
Mississippi’s wetlands hold secrets that most folks never get to witness. Hidden beneath the cypress canopies and tangled in the Spanish moss are some of the rarest creatures on Earth. These amphibians have survived ice ages and hurricanes, but they’re losing the fight against something they’ve never faced before: us. What’s happening in these forgotten ...
Deep beneath Kentucky’s rolling hills lies a mysterious underground world that most people will never see. Here, in the darkness of ancient limestone caves, a drama of survival plays out every single day that would shock even the most nature-loving visitors. The Commonwealth is home to some of America’s most endangered flying mammals, and their ...
On Hawaiʻi Island, a quiet line was crossed in March 2024 when federal biologists drew new boundaries around roughly one hundred nineteen thousand acres of forest, lava plain, and wind-blown coast. Those blue lines on a map signal an emergency: fourteen species, all found nowhere else, now ride the knife-edge between survival and silence. The ...
