Rare footage shows a dolphin nipping a much larger black caiman—a glimpse into the complex dynamics between two of South ...

The Iberian lynx—one of the world’s most endangered cats—made a giant leap toward a comeback in just a few years, easing the way for other species to follow in its path.

The nautilus’s lineage made it through all five of Earth’s previous mass extinctions. But can it survive the Anthropocene?

How Indonesia’s “village of elephant hunters” became a model for other rural communities trying to coexist with one of the planet’s largest land mammals.

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Scientists in Slovenia are working hard to protect a cave-dwelling salamander – and the subterranean habitats that supply much of the region's drinking water.

The population of this critically endangered bird has stabilised thanks to the conservationists who look after them, but what happens if the caretakers leave?

In northeastern India, taking care of a vulnerable species also means looking after the humans who live alongside it.

Despite a range of threats, from goats to cyclones, Socotra's dragon blood trees are staging a slow comeback – with the help of the people who know them best.

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As recently as the 1980s, no one knew whether ocelots still lived in the United States. When a biologist named Michael Tewes set out to look for them, many researchers assumed they’d been ...

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