Cheetahs remain highly fashionable in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, where a cub can fetch upwards of $10,000. “A rich, ...

Together these remnants may help explain an enduring mystery about the peopling of the Americas: If Native Americans are descendants of Asian trailblazers who migrated into the Americas toward the end ...

In Africa’s lush highlands, the longest waterway in the world originates from a surprising place. Inside the mission to map the source of the ancient river.

African Parks’ rescue of 2,000 white rhinos was not only impossibly fast but also historic. It encouraged Fearnhead to think bigger—to take what Hume started and combine it with African Parks’ ...

Relentlessly hunted for its scales, the mysterious armored pangolin is vanishing throughout Africa. Now scientists are trying to unlock the secrets that could help save it.

Demand for slower travel has boosted interest in premium rail trips, with new cabins, trains and routes all over the world.

To bring one of the world’s largest vultures back from the brink, Shannon Hoffman is searching cliffs, collecting eggs, and raising chicks by hand.

In spring 2020, as COVID-19 erupted worldwide, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka feared less for her own health than for the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, 120 square miles of misty ...

Every year billions of birds die from glass window collisions, or from house cat attacks. These incidents can be avoided, and ...

Researchers are studying the curious connection between autoimmune diseases and conditions like POTS and long COVID—in the ...

For decades, scientists have been tinkering with ways to force clouds to make it rain—or snow. One company says it’s approaching a breakthrough.

In Peru’s Amazon, Indigenous women are opening their communities to visitors and sharing traditions shaped by centuries of ...