Man Saves Elk After it Was Buried in an Avalanche - With Only a Nostril And One Eye Peeking Out of the Snow

Jesse Dahlberg of Golden, B.C, saved an elk that he saw being buried by an avalanche in the town of Field.

By Roger Harper

11 February 37 Views

One Simple Change Cut Accidental Albatross and Seabird Deaths by 98%: 'Absolutely amazing'

Saving over 20,000 birds from death by bycatch entanglement, Namibian fishermen have used bird-scaring lines on the backs of their boats.

By Blake Isbell

08 February 39 Views

Figaro the Toolmaking Cockatoo Taught His Mates How to Craft Tools - And Stunned Scientists

In a Vienna lab, Goffin's Cockatoos make tools from wood, carboard, and teach the skill to their peers in a stunning display of intelligence.

By Blake Isbell

05 February 46 Views

Porpoises Rebound in a Big Way Following California Ban on Indiscriminate Fishing Nets

The bans on gillnets in 1994 in California have caused otters, harbor porpoises, and great white sharks to rebound dramatically.

By Blake Isbell

28 January 35 Views

Wombats Hailed as Heroes for Digging Down Under, Revealing Water Well During Drought

In conditions of severe drought, New South Wales wombats have dug a huge pit to reach water, allowing other species a lifesaving drink.

By Blake Isbell

09 February 38 Views

Tiny Chameleon Species Just Discovered in Madagascar is a 'Spectacular Case of Extreme Miniaturization'

The newly described brookesia nana, is the smallest reptile on earth at just 13mm, yet possessing one of the largest sex organs of the species

By Blake Isbell

08 February 34 Views

30 Years After Big Eruption Put Volcano Mouse on the 'Extinct' List, Research Reveals it's 'Doing Great'

After the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo on Luzo, the Philippines, scientists thought a tiny mouse that lived there would have gone extinct.

By Blake Isbell

04 February 35 Views

Loyal Dog Follows Ambulance and Waits Nearly a Week to be Reunited With Her Human at the Hospital

Loyal dog Boncuk spent nearly an entire week waiting outside a Turkish hospital for his cherished owner Cemal Şentürk to be discharged.

By Roger Harper

01 February 39 Views

Rockfish Populations Rebound After Strict Management Decades Ahead of the Expected Date

After decades of management from state and private agencies, and the help from fishermen, Pacific coast rockfish stocks are totally rebuilt.

By Blake Isbell

02 February 43 Views

These Groundhogs Came Out - Then Shared a Tomato Feast at a Tiny Picnic Table (Watch)

To find out what was eating all the vegetables from their garden, they set up a camera, and fell in love with a groundhog they named Chunk.

By Jeanne Goddard

01 February 49 Views

Snowy Owl Spotted in New York's Central Park For the First Time in 130 Years

New Yorkers were treated to a once in a lifetime visit from a snowy owl, a species not reported in Central Park for over a century.

By Jeanne Goddard

31 January 35 Views

Cultivate These Keystone Plants in Your Yard to Help Bees and Butterflies Thrive and Pollinate

Keystone plant species in North America are important for helping pollinators and insects like bees, butterflies, and caterpillars.

By Blake Isbell

21 January 36 Views

After Facing Extinction, This Midwestern Bird is Now Soaring Off Endangered Species List

The interior least tern, the world's smallest, has been removed from the Endangered Species List after numbers recovered by 900% in 18 states.

By Blake Isbell

20 January 40 Views

Embryos Created at Christmas Are Viable-Raising Hopes For the 2 Remaining Northern White Rhinos

More fertilized eggs from the northern white rhino subspecies are collected and frozen. Hope begins to grow that the animals could be saved.

By Blake Isbell

19 January 36 Views

He Thought it was a Kitten Lost in the Snow - But it was One of The Most Endangered Mammals in Europe

A Cairngorms local thought he was saving kitten lost in the snow. In fact, he had discovered a wild cat-one of the most endangered mammals in Europe.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 January 39 Views