A rare monkey not seen for nearly half a century and thought to be extinct has been spotted by two primatologists working in a Congo forest. Their expedition yielded the first-ever photograph of the elusive Bouvier's red colobus monkey.
The last time a bison was born in a wild habitat east of the Mississippi River was in the 1830s. Now, 95 miles west of Chicago, history was reset on a patch of restored prairie grass.
With the Great Lakes ice melted, the blue waters of northern Lake Michigan are clear enough to give pilots a great view of shipwrecks lying on the lake bottom.
These small, rabbit-like creatures are actually sea slugs whose fluffy "coats" and pointy ears have earned them the nickname "sea bunnies."
Don't miss it: a harvest moon eclipsed for three hours will produce an awe-inspiring red glow—and appear to be 14% closer to earth.
A chance encounter with an orphaned sloth ten years ago led Monique Pool to rescue more than 600 animals-and earn a CNN Hero of the Year nomination.
Manatees have made a huge comeback as a result of significant improvements in habitat conditions and threat reduction.
Angry Birds' creator Rovio Entertainment is getting angry about non-native rats eating birds' eggs on South Pacific islands. They've swooped in to assist.
Five nations have agreed to launch the world's largest international conservation area to protect nearly half of Africa's elephants and a vast range of animals, birds and plants, many of them endangered by poaching and human encroachment.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved the funding to launch a copy of its lost Cryosat Satellite to give us an accurate global picture of the climate’s affect on Earth’s ever-changing ice sheets.
This plant will turn trash into coal replacement, reducing West Virginia CO2 emissions by 28,000 tons every year.
After reading an article in the local newspaper, Cassandra Lin of Westerly, Rhode Island discovered that many residents could not afford to heat their homes. Inspired to do something, she formed a team of five seventh graders to recycle waste cooking oil and turn it into biofuel for distribution to needy families. Started in 2008, TGIF (Turn Grease Into Fuel) works with local biofuel companies to recycle the grease from residents and restaurants, and refine it into biodiesel. The award-winning project has been collecting more than 36,000 gallons of waste cooking oil a year, bringing an estimated value of $60,000 of alternative energy that keeps 92 needy families warm in the winter.
Officials from Rhode Island's Mystic Aquarium freed a 30-foot juvenile humpback whale from entanglement in a fishing net Monday.
A new study shows mercury levels in bluefish off the U.S. Atlantic coast have dropped 43% since 1972, after coal-fired plants cut emissions in half.
Scientists have found a rare herd of American bison that have never interbred with cattle, offering hope of restoring the species.
Humane laws passed in 2015 are now protecting animals ranging from your dog and cat to some of the biggest and most endangered creatures in the world.
Japan's abandoned and bankrupt golf courses are getting a second life as solar power stations.
Discovery of this record-breaking tree could help breed disease-resistant American Chestnuts to restore the nearly extinct species.
While out for a run, a Polish man who encountered a mouflon sheep with horns entangled in a small tree, called up courage to get close enough to help.
Steve Hartman has a sad update to one of our favorite stories from 2009 from the elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. A story of compassion between the most unlikely of friends -- Tara the elephant and Bella the dog. Although the last chapter of this story is sad, the same compassion that warmed your heart the first time will surely make you smile again.
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