Category: Around the Web

A U.S. federal court has sentenced a man to more than five years in prison for poaching more than 100 elephants and more than 35 rhinoceros in Africa. Moazu Kromah,...

While free-roaming domestic cats drive down populations of birds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians across the globe, research reveals that their impact goes beyond just killing. Researchers conducting a literature...

Grasslands’ biodiversity and resilience to disturbances such as fire, heat and drought is the result of a slow process over hundreds of years, like that of old growth forests, researchers...

When researchers discovered a lone female tortoise on one of the more remote Galapagos Islands, it raised intriguing questions. Only one other tortoise, a male found in 1906, had ever...

They got the name “murder hornet” for their unique way they kill their prey, but maybe that was a bit too much of a burden for the Asian giant hornet....

Many species are too “data deficient” to receive a full assessment, raising questions about what their conservation status ought to be. Even some commonly known species are underassessed, and researchers...

The northwestern pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in eastern Oregon are a unique population. The east side of the state is much drier than the west, raising questions about how that...

Tiger numbers throughout much of Asia are on the rise. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates between 3,726 and 5,578 tigers roam the continent. Those numbers are up...

Georgia is seeing a record number of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Biologists have counted more than 3,960 nests along the coast since May. That’s 10 more than the...

A new database provides researchers a central place to see what species have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. This information can be useful for scientists...