
Tropical milkweed supports urban resident monarchs
Despite high parasite loads, resident California monarch butterfly populations thrive in urban gardens with nonnative evergreen milkweed

Land deal protects Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from mine
After six years of controversy, the Conservation Fund ensures the Okefenokee Swamp is safe from mining—for now

New test distinguishes between elephant and legal mammoth ivory
This strategy will prevent poachers from passing off similar-looking elephant ivory as mammoth ivory


Public land sales return for an encore
Conservationists renew their efforts to ensure public land sales remain excluded from the 'Big Beautiful Bill'

Possibility for bat virus spillover to humans worries scientists
Bat viruses related to MERS might be one small mutation away from jumping to humans—and causing the next pandemic

JWM: Do feral horses safeguard grassland ecology in Italy?
Wildlife managers should watch the growing population closely in case of negative ecological effects in the future


Wildfires make bumble bees bigger, more abundant
Bumble bees benefit from wildfire in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Watch: Rare Senegal ghost elephant spotted on camera
The animal may be the last of its kind in the West African nation

Changes in scavenger populations affect disease transmission
Apex scavengers are decreasing globally as mesoscavengers increase
