Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...

Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...

The eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in Australia in 1991, but following a world-first genetic rescue program, ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree. According to the American Pet Products Association, around 94 million ...

This year is the 40th anniversary of one of the country’s earliest conservation efforts: the Wild Horse Return Program, which ...

The breeding center, however, proved a success in saving the population which is recognized as the Northern bald ibis.

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, researchers from the University of East Anglia have captured something never before documented—a black-coated jaguar mating in the wild with a spotted jaguar.