Animals

Your Next Burger Could Be Made With Microbes

Fermentation is a natural process that humans have been hacking for millennia.

The Threat to Our Food Supply You Never Knew Existed

The European honey bees are crucial to our food systems, but they may soon be under threat from a microscopic pest.

The Wild Plan To Bring Back Woolly Mammoths

Woolly Mammoths could soon make a comeback.

Bacteria Can Tell Time...Wait, What?!

Bacteria have a biological clock just like humans, animals, and plants.

Scientists Discovered Mysterious Life Forms Hiding Beneath Antarctica

Half a mile beneath the harsh ice sheets of Antarctica, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey found something surprising: stationary life.

Why Billions of Cicadas Are About to Emerge After 17 years

One of the largest broods of cicadas is about to swarm the Midwest and Northeast of the United States for the first time in 17 years.

How Drones Are Fighting Poaching in South Africa

The immense density of the rainforest is one of its more incredible defining characteristics, so this company uses a combination of drones and advanced AI technology to spot poachers and stop them before any animals are harmed.

Why the Strangest Mammal Is Also the Most Trafficked

Pangolins are known as the most poached animals in the world — here's how they're being saved.

These Very Good Dogs Are Combating Poaching

Inside the Illegal Songbird Trade in Indonesia

Singing competitions are putting Indonesian songbirds at risk of extinction.

Why Fear Is So Important to an Ecosystem

A lack of predators is tipping the ecosystem into imbalance in Gorongosa National Park — reintroducing painted wolves might be the solution.

Could These Bridges Keep Mountain Lions Safe?

Mountain lion numbers are dwindling due to the highways that fragment their habitat — this highway overpass disguised as wild hills attempts to restore genetic diversity to the species.