wildlife

New book is a catalog of ‘living wonders’

September 24, 2024Books

A new publication by Atlas Obscura catalogs some of the most remarkable living creatures on our planet. The World’s Host Carol Hills speaks with the book’s authors to learn more.

Keeping tabs on the elusive Florida panther

November 17, 2017Science

In Germany, flying insects are disappearing at a rapid rate

October 19, 2017Environment

A Rohingya man walks with a basket at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Oct. 13, 2017.

Wild elephants kill four Rohingya refugees taking shelter in Bangladesh

October 14, 2017Conflict

In New York, a whale of a comeback story

October 13, 2017Science

Online location data on endangered species might be putting them in harm’s way

October 9, 2017Technology

Whether it’s a scientific study in an online database or a simple cellphone photo of a species posted on Facebook, the surge of online data on rare animals and plants is inadvertently fueling a vast illegal trade.

Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way and other facts about ‘nature’s recyclers’

September 23, 2017Science

You may not envy what dung beetles and carrion beetles dine on, but you live in a world that they help keep clean.

Elephant walk during sunset in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Elephants learn to hide by day, forage at night, to evade poachers

September 13, 2017Environment

Normally elephants forage for food and migrate in daylight — which is when the poachers go after them.

A dolphin performs tricks at a recent Six Flags show in Mexico City.

Mexico City is banning dolphin shows, taking a lead on animal rights

August 24, 2017Culture

A new law will soon prohibit dolphin shows, and therapy sessions and science experiments with the marine species, in Mexico’s capital.

A herd of endangered Przewalski's horses trot across the Takhin Tal National Park, part of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, in southwest Mongolia, on June 22.

Photos: Rare wild horses are making a stunning return to Mongolia

July 3, 2017Environment

Decades after being driven to extinction in their homeland, Przewalski’s horses are being reintroduced into Mongolia’s desert and mountains.