Diego Cardeñosa always knew he wanted to study sharks. But when he started his Ph.D., he had to make a choice: tagging sharks ...

Costa Rica is world-renowned for its commitment to preserving biodiversity and wildlife. The country’s fervor to protect its ...

A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale first seen off Ireland has been re-identified near Boston, marking a rare ...

Welcome to jungle school—where orphaned orangutans are learning the basics for survival that they will need for life in the ...

Southeast Asia’s Mekong River is one of the world’s most diverse and productive freshwater ecosystems, home to more than ...

A study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity in September describes the extensive environmental toll of mining for ...

Across many parts of Africa’s Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, ...

Josephine Irandwanahafi sits in a small, musty provisions shop off the main road in Bweyeye, a border town that marks the ...

Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where ...

Climate change is pushing coral reefs to the brink. A new scientific report warns that the world has already crossed its ...

On Nov. 1, in a residential area of Bangladesh’s bustling capital city, Dhaka, the NGO Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association ...

The mood was equal parts celebratory and somber among the 300-odd Chagossians who came together at a community center in ...