Conservation

Chika Mabuku sustained grisly leg injuries as he fought off a lion that charged at him, but was then nearly shot by trackers and conservationists.

False killer whales are large members of the dolphin family that are found in open waters throughout the tropics and sub-tropics.

A group of eight giraffes in Kenya were cut off from their normal range by rising floodwaters.

You're all heroes," said one social media user, after watching the rescue operation that occurred at Phillip Island Nature Parks, Australia.

The Trump administration's relentless attacks on landscapes and waters could bite into his Republican base.

The record-breaking snake was captured around 35 miles west of Miami.

The report found that the U.S. imported nearly 23 million whole animals and animal body parts in this period.

Official estimates suggest that there are fewer than 80 of these rhinos left in the wild.

Discarded face masks are frequently being found lying on beaches in Brazil, local marine conservationists have said.

The fungus infects amphibians, causing irreversible damage to their vital functions and death by heart failure.

Couple avoids being bitten by several highly toxic death adders found in a laundry basket, kitchen and dining room of a rural Australia homestead

"I was shocked, absolutely shocked," wildlife biologist and broadcaster Forrest Galante said upon finding the shark.

The whales are currently acclimatizing in a care facility at a first-of-its kind sea sanctuary before their eventual release.

Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act, which will provide $900 million per year in permanent funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund and create more than 10,000 infrastructure-related jobs.

"When you see the state of her body, you know she is going to die," said Arnaud Gauffier from WWF France

"Without sea ice polar bears cannot feed, and without adequate feeding opportunities, populations cannot persist," said researcher Steven Amstrup.

Invasive species spread around the globe with the help of human activities, such as global trade and transportation.

Any new children is an encouraging sign for the Cross River gorilla population living along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon.

"It is a conservation disaster—but it also has the potential to be a public health crisis," said conservationist Niall McCann.

An art restoration expert with decades of experience explains nalyzes what went wrong with a painting disfigured by furniture restorers in Spain.

"This research opportunity was brought about by the most tragic circumstances, but it is one we feel we cannot afford to miss," the authors of an article in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution wrote.

"Reducing poverty does not have to create unavoidable environmental costs," said researcher Paul Ferraro.

"Mexico is still sitting on its hands while vaquita after vaquita dies in fishing nets," said Sarah Uhlemann from the Center for Biological Diversity,

Scientists recorded the video as part of research to conduct an accurate population survey of the animals that nest at the world's largest green turtle rookery.

"When humanity exterminates species of other creatures, it is sawing off the limb on which it is sitting, destroying working parts of our own life-support system," said biologist Paul Ehrlich.

The site was discovered by chance by scientists studying fossilized shark and ray teeth at three locations in South America.

The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife has seen a dramatic uptick in newly documented eagle nests this year.

Gorilla tourism brings much-needed revenue to conservation and communities in East Africa. With these elements at risk due to COVID-19, here's how travelers can support the local people, so they don't resort to poaching.

Bear is a 5-year-old rescue dog who has been trained to sniff out koalas as part of the ''Detection Dogs for Conservation" team at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

As work dries up, many owners are struggling to cover the costs of keeping an elephant. In some instances, animals have been set free to fend for themselves.