This year experts at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have put together a list of the world’s 100 most endangered animals and plants. These species are near the brink of extinction—each with a …
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Ivory Bonfire Highlights Elephant Poaching Crisis in Africa
Gabon is among many Central African countries attempting to crack down on the ivory trade after a record-breaking number of elephants were slaughtered in 2011.
Face to Face with a South American Jaguar
The near threatened jaguar is the only big cat found in the Americas, and it’s usually quite shy. With good reason — jaguars are hunted for their skins, and their jungle habitat is being cleared for agriculture. And now the …
Can Polar Bears Keep Their Heads Above Water in a Warming World?
Polar bears are classified as marine mammals, like a seal or a walrus, which might come as a surprise given that they’re usually pictured on land. But polar bears spend a lot of their time in the waters of the Arctic, fishing or …
Winners!: 2012 Underwater Photography Contest
The 2012 Annual Underwater Photography Contest winners announced this week were chosen from a field of 700 images. See more photography from the contest hosted by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric …
Saving the Ends of the Earth
I could barely make out Steve Sanderson over the winds howling into the satellite phone. Sanderson, the head of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), was calling from Tierra del Fuego in Chile, an island off the very …
Indonesia Punishes Wildlife Traffickers
From the jungles of Borneo to the markets of Jakarta, illegal wildlife trafficking in Indonesia is growing. But recent jail sentences might change that.
Bat Signal: More than 5 Million Bats Dead From White-Nose Syndrome
An animal apocalypse is happening right beneath our noses in the Northeast. Since 2006, bats throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey, Indiana and other states have been infected with a deadly white-nose fungus that …
Zom-bees: How Parasitic Flies Are Turning Honeybees into the Buzzing Undead
From the Nature Is Scary file: researchers from San Francisco State University announced this week in a new study that honeybees are being turned into “zombies” by parasite flies. The fly—known as …
Animal Actors: Why Wild Beasts and Hollywood Don’t Mix
My weekly Going Green column—one day late because of the New Year’s holiday—is up on the Time.com mainpage. Prompted by holiday films like We Bought a Zoo, I’m exploring the role of wild animals in Hollywood, asking whether …