Europe: Return of the carnivores!

Bear, lynx, wolverine and wolf spread across Europe. What can we learn from 50 years of wildlife progress? More »

Bats on the wing

Bat wings are built like a mammal’s arm—and so their flight is fiendishly complex. More »

Assisted migration efforts grow more desperate with new White House call for monarch butterfly “freeway” to parallel Interstate-35. More »

Incredibly snowless Decembers recorded across the Midwest and Northeast. Great for traffic. What about winter critters? More »

In 7 years, white-nose syndrome has spread to 24 states and 5 provinces. Why is the fungus so deadly? Why don’t bats die in Europe? And More »

25 Simple machines are rare in biology, but gears create microsecond timing in one high-jumping insect. Quiz question: What other More »

As elephant poaching soars, carbon dating, a mainstay of archeology, could be used to date ivory, based on heavy isotopes left over More »

And how did it traverse 460 kilometers of ocean? Apparently by crossing a narrow band of ice during the last Ice Age. A new study More »

A common mole never sees the light of day, but it can pinpoint the source of food in just a few seconds — thanks to its newfound More »

Dig the dung beetle. Sample the belly button. Tilt your brain — and see what happens. Watch bees cook their enemies. Drive through the More »

Amphibians are disappearing faster than any other animals. A new study looks at the effects of changes in climate, land use and More »

In African savannas, cattle graze the same grass as zebras, elephants and gazelles. More »

Humans and cats have enjoyed each other’s company for millennia, but scientists have discovered some troubling secrets of free-roaming More »

Pythons, anacondas and boas are breeding in South Florida. What are these snakes eating, besides alligators? Can they be trapped, More »

Turkeys got help for 75 years from conservation agencies. Coyotes spread across half the country all on their own. Why have these More »