Species Watch

A video showing a sea turtle trapped by lava went viral. Now experts weigh in on the eruption’s potential impact on the endangered animals.

These cute little marsupials are taking their country back—well, hopefully.

Sea life of all kinds relies on this feeding and mating frenzy, but the setting for grouper romance has to be just right.

Deforestation and hunting have many of our closest cousins swinging toward extinction.

Apparently they don’t want to hang out with a bunch of noisy, destructive, arrogant, and trigger-happy primates.

Rising CO2 levels could upset the delicate relationship between the butterflies and their parasites.

Conservation in the Congo is dangerous—but after half a century, it’s paying off for these great apes.

Scientists are still trying to understand what paralyzed and eventually killed more than 30 critically endangered Verreaux’s sifakas in Madagascar this spring.

The shockwaves elephants send through the earth via vocalizations and panic running could one day alert local authorities when poachers are near.

A new report estimates that around 700,000 tons of fishing gear are abandoned in the oceans each year. Now the good news: We can curb this.