Stories by Ashleigh Papp

There are so many species facing extinction—but today we’re telling stories about the animals making a comeback and the conservationists working hard to help.

Modern conservationists are finding new ways to protect wildlife.

Conservationists have access to massive amounts of data on wildlife—and machine learning is helping them make meaning out of them.

Though it may seem paradoxical, zoos can play a big role in modern conservation efforts.

Eclipses can affect animals, and biologists are preparing to see what happens during totality on April 8.

Researchers put this ancient critter through a subzero gauntlet to learn more about what happens to their internal clock while surviving the extreme.

Although recent spikes in temperature affect all of us, our urban critters have had to find their own ways to beat the heat. Sometimes they “sploot.”

Researchers tricked out conventional camera traps to snap headshots of Puma concolor, revealing a better way to track the elusive species.

Researchers looked back at more than 100 years of research and found that a fascination with annelids with mixed up appendages was strong—and that research still has relevance today.

Florida manatees are “talking” up a storm, and a team that has been recording those sounds for seven years is starting to understand the chatter.

The small rodents are one of the few known monogamists in the wild—and their faithfulness was put to the test in a lab.