Animals

Animals

Freshly stocked freezers of bee sperm back up a species in peril

March 14, 2017

Animals

This video about raising a grizzly bear will make you rethink your relationship with nature

One man’s 14-year experience raising an orphan bear is captured in this powerful nature documentary "The Heart of a Grizzly". Produced by VisionHawk Films, one of the winners of the Fusion Project Earth 2016 Doc Challenge. Produced by VisionHawk Films, one of the winners of the Fusion Project Earth 2016 Doc Challenge.

FILE - In this June 12, 2012 file photo, a worker cuts a shark fin at a fish market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In the United States, members of the fishing industry say they will dig in against 2016 legislation in Congress that proponents believe will help shut down the country's shark fin industry for good. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Environment

New bill would put an end to U.S. complicity in brutal shark fin trade

March 13, 2017

Animals

GPS animal tags, a key conservation tool, are being abused by hunters and poachers

March 07, 2017

An environmental activist displays a tarpaulin message outside the Japanese Embassy at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, to protest the annual dolphin-hunting in Taiji, Japan which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Animals

Another grotesque season of dolphin hunting comes to an end in Japan

March 02, 2017

Environment

Fatal encounter leads surfers to demand shark culling, but that'll only cause more harm

March 01, 2017

ENSENADA, MEXICO - SEPTEMBER 15: Great White Sharks seasonally gather off the coast of Guadalupe Island; divers dive inside cages off the boat Nautilus Explorer in order to safely swim with the sharks on September 15, 2016, 150 miles off the coast of Mexico. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

Animals

Gruesome shark finning discovery leads to major legal victory for sharks

February 17, 2017

Animals

Galapagos giant tortoises are pulling away from extinction one step at a time

February 17, 2017

Animals

Overfishing isn't just environmentally taxing, it's costing up to $80 billion a year

February 16, 2017

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Animals

What GOP lawmakers mean when they talk about modernizing the Endangered Species Act

February 14, 2017

Animals

Meet the jungle pets that Colombia's guerrillas adopted during the war

February 13, 2017

Animals

Generations of population crashes are killing species' genetic diversity

February 10, 2017

Animals

Penguin instincts go haywire as ocean food web breaks down

February 09, 2017

Climate Change

Fish bladders, dolphin trackers, and human greed: The vaquita's wild path to extinction

February 07, 2017

Animals

Vast search underway for shark conservationist and filmmaker missing after deep dives

February 02, 2017

Environment

This new conservation plan will save much more than just vulnerable Southern wetlands

February 02, 2017

Environment

Sea turtles, once thriving across the planet, are imperiled by illegal human activity

Sea turtles have survived since the time of the dinosaurs. Now they're being pushed to extinction by black market trade.

Environment

Humans are making life really, really hard for other primates

January 25, 2017

Activism

Animal rights groups lock horns with bullfighting fans as traditional bloodsport returns to Bogota

January 23, 2017

Asian elephants perform for the final time in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Sunday, May 1, 2016, in Providence, R.I. The circus closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago. The animals will live at the Ringling Bros. 200-acre Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Animals

The so-called 'Greatest Show on Earth' is finally over

January 15, 2017

Animals

An innovative service dog program is helping kids recover from mass shootings

January 10, 2017

A frame-filling portrait of a male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) jumping in the pack ice. The young male, probably due to a mix of curiosity and hunger, got really close to our ship - less than 20 meters. Svalbard, Norway.

Animals

Federal study finds warming is main polar bear threat. In tweet, Trump denied this.

January 09, 2017

ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 30: Killer whale "Tilikum" appears during its performance in its show "Believe" at Sea World on March 30, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. "Tilikum" is back to public performance March 30, the first time since the six-ton whale has performed since killing trainer 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau at the marine park on February 24 2010, after Sea World Parks & Entertainment president Jim Atchinson signed off on the decision this week. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

Animals

After a long battle, SeaWorld and ‘Blackfish’ star Tilikum is dead

January 06, 2017

Environment

Coyote killing contests are getting away with much more than mass animal murder

January 06, 2017

This map shows the species threat hotspots caused by U.S. consumption. The darker the color, the greater the threat caused by the consumption. The magenta color represents terrestrial species, while the blue represents marine species.

Environment

How your shopping habits directly impact endangered species, in one overwhelming chart

January 05, 2017

Animals

Manatees, gentle giants of the sea, need rescuing after being hit by boats

Manatees and their offspring that were hit and badly injured by watercraft propellers are rescued by a team of courageous rehabbers. Then other vets heal their wounds and get them ready to go back into the sea.