Yellowstone National Park – A parasite long known for altering behavior in other animals has now reshaped dynamics among the park’s wolves. Researchers found that wolves infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a pathogen typically harbored by felines, showed heightened tendencies toward leadership and early pack dispersal. These changes carry significant risks, as leaving packs prematurely exposes ...
Northern California — Biologists announced in early March that a pair of reintroduced California condors had built the species’ first nest in the Pacific Northwest in more than a century. The birds selected a remote cavity high in an old-growth redwood tree within Yurok ancestral territory along Redwood Creek. This milestone, detected through satellite tracking ...
Millions of supporters gathered virtually and in person on March 20, 2026, to observe World Rewilding Day under the unifying theme “#ChooseOurFuture.” Organized by the Global Rewilding Alliance, the event highlighted rewilding’s role in restoring ecosystems amid climate challenges and biodiversity loss. Participants from six continents shared visions of thriving landscapes, from film screenings to ...
Panama – The vivid yellow Panamanian golden frog, a cherished national symbol, has not graced the wild streams of central Panama since 2009. A relentless fungal disease wiped out populations in their last refuge at El Valle de Anton five years earlier. Conservationists marked a turning point late last year by releasing 100 captive-bred frogs ...
Researchers in South Korea unearthed a partial skeleton in 2023 that revealed a previously unknown dinosaur species, marking the nation’s first such discovery since 2011. The find on Aphae Island, part of the southwestern coast, dates to the mid-Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago and includes rare skull fragments alongside other bones. This breakthrough ...
You don’t need a PhD to change the course of science. Sometimes all you need is a pair of sturdy boots, an eye for something odd in the ground, and a little bit of luck. Throughout history, some of the most jaw-dropping dinosaur discoveries have not come from university-funded expeditions or high-tech research labs. They’ve ...
Picture a world without weather forecasts, heated homes, or even a winter jacket. Now imagine surviving through it all, for millions of years, with nothing but what evolution gave you. That was the daily reality for prehistoric animals as they faced ice ages, volcanic winters, crushing droughts, and relentless polar darkness. What they lacked in ...
You’d think that by 2026, with satellites, ground-penetrating radar, DNA analysis, and every technological trick in the book, we’d have answered most of the big questions about ancient human settlements. Yet here we are, still scratching our heads over cities that rose and fell long before any European set foot on American soil. Some of ...
Where did you come from? No, not your hometown. We mean the real question, the one that keeps philosophers, astrobiologists, and late-night thinkers awake at 3 a.m.: where did life itself come from? It’s a question so enormous, so humbling, that even the world’s smartest minds have only begun to scratch the surface. The questions ...
Picture a version of North America where enormous, shaggy elephants thunder across open grasslands, wolf packs the size of small armies chase down camels taller than basketball hoops, and a bear the size of a pickup truck sprints after its prey at highway speeds. That wasn’t a fantasy world. That was the real North America, ...
