Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Who Studied, and Protected, Elephants, Dies at 83 9 December 2025 at 14:05

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Who Studied, and Protected, Elephants, Dies at 83

9 December 2025 at 14:05

Born into an aristocratic British family, he turned his empathy and knowledge of the world’s largest land mammals to the cause of saving them from poachers.

Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections from Wildlife Trade 2 December 2025 at 10:43

Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections from Wildlife Trade

NYT: Science

By:Alexa Robles-Gil

2 December 2025 at 10:43

A global treaty has extended trade protections to more than 70 shark and ray species whose numbers are in sharp decline.

It’s No Dodo, But This Newly Discovered Bird Could Share the Same Fate 3 December 2025 at 10:27

It’s No Dodo, But This Newly Discovered Bird Could Share the Same Fate

NYT: Science

By:Joe Trezza

3 December 2025 at 10:27

The slaty-masked tinamou, recently discovered in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

Inside the Bird-Flu Vaccine Trial for Monk Seals 1 December 2025 at 05:30

Inside the Bird-Flu Vaccine Trial for Monk Seals

NYT: Science

By:Emily Anthes and Loren Elliott

1 December 2025 at 05:30

After the virus returned to Hawaii this fall, testing the shots in the endangered seal species became urgent.

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise Older Than the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141 25 November 2025 at 12:09

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise Older Than the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141

NYT: Science

By:Victor Mather

25 November 2025 at 12:09

Gramma, who died at the zoo on Thursday, was believed to have been born in 1884, when Chester A. Arthur was in the White House.

Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise, was “sweet and shy,” the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said in a statement after her death on Tuesday. She was believed to have lived to 141.

Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer 22 November 2025 at 15:55

Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer

NYT: Science

By:Dina Fine Maron

22 November 2025 at 15:55

Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare.

A bamboo lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis) eating bamboo.

Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act 19 November 2025 at 16:15

Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act

NYT: Science

By:Maxine Joselow and Catrin Einhorn

19 November 2025 at 16:15

Four proposed rules could make it easier to drill for oil or harvest timber in areas where endangered species live.

An endangered red wolf in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near Manns Harbor, N.C., in 2023.

A Day at the Beach Hunting Mammoths 18 November 2025 at 05:20

A Day at the Beach Hunting Mammoths

NYT: Science

By:Nina Siegal and Ilvy Njiokiktjien

18 November 2025 at 05:20

“Citizen paleontologists” can keep the fossils they uncover around Europe’s largest port. All the professionals ask is that those amateurs let them know.