On a March day in Seattle, USA’s Elliott Bay—part of the Salish Sea of northwestern Washington and southwestern British Columbia—a grebe bobbing nervously among a pod of Bigg’s (aka ...

Ponder the most dangerous bear in the world, and you might naturally think of the mighty polar bear – king of the Arctic and most carnivorous of ursids – or the big and ornery North American ...

Nile crocodiles are thick-skinned animals capable of withstanding some abuse, but for one croc in Zambia's Kafue National Park an onslaught by a pride of 13 lions proved its undoing. This ...

Leucism, piebaldism and albinism fall under a suite of skin pigmentation disorders called hypomelanosis. Although animals afflicted with these deficiencies share similarities, the conditions can ...

One of Africa's largest tuskers – a well-known elephant dubbed 'Tolstoy' who roamed the plains of the Amboseli ecosystem in Kenya – has died at the age of 51 as a result of an injury likely ...

Black servals have become something of a holy grail for photographers and naturalists traveling to East Africa where the elusive wild cats are known to roam in higher numbers than elsewhere across ...

Last month, Indiana-resident Kathy Spiegel was snapping photos of bullfrogs at a local pond in her hometown when a flash of turquoise caught her eye. On closer inspection, she discovered an all ...

Although it is too soon to say whether widespread stay-at-home orders will have a significant effect on wildlife populations, sightings of wild animals in suburban and urban settings are popping ...

These big-eyed birds are found in tropical Central and South America where they spend their days resting beneath the rainforest canopy pretending to be trees. Potoos are nocturnal, so to avoid ...

This story originally appeared on bioGraphic, an online magazine about science and sustainability powered by the California Academy of Sciences. The first time Bruno D’Amicis set out to ...

Big cats – like lions, leopards and tigers – are among the few animals with enough brawn and moxie to take on a full-grown crocodilian. While these predators certainly target the occasional ...