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Could beached whales be linked to storms on the surface of the sun? In a recent study in Current Biology, researchers documented what may be a correlation between sunspots and...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has confirmed a case of white-nose syndrome in a Texas bat for the first time. Although the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which causes the disease,was...

Could it be that many — maybe even all — amphibians glow and we never knew it? In a recent study in Scientific Reports, researchers found that a variety of...

Bison reintroduced to Banff National Park as part of a five-year program are settling into the same wallows their ancestors used 140 years ago. Parks Canada has been translocating bison...

A tool that oil companies use to try to avoid harming or disturbing polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may not detect the bears in their dens as well as they were...

The Japanese practice of making ink prints from fish known as gyotaku has let fishermen show off their catches and taught children about anatomy. Now researchers are finding that they...

Biologists at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio, achieved a breakthrough with the birth of two cheetah cubs to a surrogate mother. It was the first time an...

The National Park Service backed off plans to use aerial shooting to remove invasive mountain goats from Grand Teton National Park after Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon wrote a sharply worded...

In the wake of the outbreak of the latest coronavirus, China has banned the consumption and illegal trade of wild animals. Citing Chinese state media, CNN reports that the National...

A group of five-dozen researchers are gathering in Bramerton, Washington, this week to gauge the risk of microplastic pollution in the region and help plan how to respond. “This is...