Animals

How Do Scientists Track Endangered Species in Remote Rainforests I spent three weeks in the Sumatran rainforest watching researchers deploy GPS collars on sedated orangutans,...

The Invisible Crisis Nobody Talks About Pangolin populations have gotten complicated with all the extinction noise flying around. These creatures hold a grim distinction: they’re...

How Many Sumatran Tigers Are Left Today As someone who spent three years tracking wildlife conservation databases, I learned everything there is to know about...

The Bushfire Catastrophe That Changed Everything Koala populations have gotten complicated with all the conflicting information flying around. But here’s what actually happened: between September...

The Near-Extinction Crisis That Almost Worked Giant panda populations are finally recovering now, and honestly, that wasn’t inevitable. Back in the 1970s, Chinese wildlife surveys...

The Scale of African Elephant Decline Since 2007 African elephant populations have gotten complicated with all the conflicting reports flying around. But the numbers tell...

How Sumatran Rhinos Became the World’s Rarest Large Mammal Fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain on Earth. Let that number sit for a moment. When...

How Fast Is Borneo Losing Forest Habitat Orangutan habitats in Borneo are shrinking at a pace that honestly caught me off guard when I started...

Why Do Mountain Gorillas Have Such Small Population Ranges I’ve spent more time than I probably should reading conservation reports about mountain gorillas, and the...

How Many Jaguars Are Actually Left Jaguar conservation has gotten complicated with all the conflicting numbers flying around. Somewhere between 64,000 and 173,000 jaguars still...