A quiet night in rural North Dakota took a wild turn when a homeowner returned home to find an unexpected visitor in his garage — a coyote cornered by his three dogs, Valley News Live reported. The tense moment, captured on his phone, shows the growing overlap between human and wildlife spaces as animals search…
A hiker in a national park had a close call with one of North America’s largest land mammals. They captured a video of a bull moose wandering toward them on a trail. It’s another example of the growing number of human-wildlife encounters. What happened? Hiker Nolan Lotulelei was recording his trek through Glacier National Park…
Feeding wild animals can be a dangerous game — especially with one as big as an elephant. Unfortunately, biologists in Sigur have documented a concerning food trend among elephants that could pose serious issues. What’s happening? According to The Hindu, biologists in the Sigur plateau shared a study documenting an alarming trend in elephant behavior….
Famed primatologist Jane Goodall was renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees but dedicated her life to helping all wild animals — a passion that lasted until her death this week while on a U.S. speaking tour. She spent decades promoting humanitarian causes and the need to protect the natural world, and tried to balance…
As more and more wild land gets developed and natural habitats shrink, animals get desperate for new sources of food to replace what is lost. This leads to a greater risk of wildlife encounters, which are not safe for either the animals or the people involved. One such incident took place at a school, and…
The patient lay prone on the operating table. An IV line snaking from his left leg, near the wound from the tranquilliser dart that sedated him. Yong, a pig-tailed macaque rescued from a life harvesting coconuts, was being treated at Thailand’s only NGO-run wildlife hospital. He is one of dozens of animals treated each month…