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Wildlife

Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Are a Warning About Wildlife Trade and Pandemic Risk, Scientists Say

Necropsy reports from sloths imported by an Orlando business found the animals were riddled with bacteria, parasites and viruses. The situation illustrates how the wildlife trade poses risks to public health.

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price
A school group tours the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News

A Georgia Wildlife Haven Forged by Fire and Peat Nears UNESCO Recognition

By Ryan Krugman
Researchers take samples from a male gray whale on a beach near Moclips, Wash., on April 11. Post-mortem showed cause of death as malnutrition and blunt force trauma, probably from colliding with a boat. Credit: Courtesy of Cascadia Research Collective

Malnourished Gray Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’

By Blaine Harden
A North Atlantic right whale is seen in the waters of Cape Cod Bay, Mass. Credit: Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

A Bit of Good News for Right Whales

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Fire in the ‘Galapagos of North America’ Risks Species Found Nowhere Else

By Kiley Price
The medical team at Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens treats a sloth received from Sloth World, where dozens of the animals died. Credit: Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida Temporarily Bans Sloth Imports After Dozens Die at Orlando Business

By Kiley Price, Katie Surma
The Central Florida Zoo announced on April 29 that Bandit, a sloth transferred from Sloth World, had died. Credit: Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into Sloth World After Dozens of Animal Deaths

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price
A Mexican spotted owl sits on a tree branch. Credit: Shaula Hedwall/USFWS

Tribe and Environmentalists to Sue Feds Over Arizona Mine’s Impacts to Threatened Owls

By Wyatt Myskow
Florida manatees gather at a refuge on Jan. 21 in Crystal Springs, Fla. Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

A Bill to Gut Endangered Species Protections Faced a Major Setback This Week

By Kiley Price
A wild male three-fingered sloth climbs a tree in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Credit: Sam Trull

At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price
Dams along the Bronx River block the river herring’s path to its preferred spawning location, contributing to the fish’s population decline. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Dam Useless: Barriers Prevent a Migratory Fish from Reproducing

By Lauren Dalban
Bison graze near the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jacob W. Frank/NPS

Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

By Jake Bolster
A bison herd roams the American Prairie at sunset. Credit: Amy Toensing/Getty Images

Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands

By Blaine Harden
Pat Parenteau worked to secure protections for the whooping crane when the “God Squad” first met 50 years ago. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Is Not Like the God Squads Before It

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
On March 20, a team of scientists from The Leatherback Project and Fundación Reina Laúd deployed the first satellite tag on an endangered leatherback sea turtle in Ecuador. Credit: Nikki Riddy (Photos taken with red light only under research permits from the Ministry of the Environment)

Scientists Deploy First Satellite Tag on a Leatherback Sea Turtle in Ecuador to Better Reveal Gaps in Ocean Protection

By Teresa Tomassoni
Bald eagles are seen at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in South Philadelphia. Credit: Matt Cohen

Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands of Birds in the U.S. Pennsylvania Is at the Epicenter.

By Kiley Bense
Cambodian fishermen catch a giant catfish from the Mekong River. Credit: Zeb Hogan/CMS

Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing

By Johnny Sturgeon
Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska, where ConocoPhillips operates the Alpine Field. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Administration Auctions Contested Arctic Lands for Oil Drilling

By Nicholas Kusnetz
A Florida panther is seen at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: George Gentry/USFWS

Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish

By Amy Green

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