The population of the North Atlantic right whale is slowly climbing. What's behind the rise in numbers and what more can be ...

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is caring for the young animals at its Nairobi Nursery and plans to return them to the wild once the rhino and zebra are ready Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

The study was funded by Eawag, using data made available via the Movement Ecology of Flapper Skate project. Data collection was funded by the Marine Directorate, NatureScot and the Marine Alliance for ...

For decades, researchers have been documenting death by plastic in marine animals. They have reported it in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly 1,300 marine species — including every species of sea ...

Rosie Williams was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). In 2017, a new global treaty was meant to bring mercury pollution under control. But three decades of data from UK harbour ...

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic end up in oceans across the world. Unable to distinguish that trash from natural food sources, many marine animals end up ingesting it. While ...

A new study looking at the impacts of plastic ingestion by seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals found that relatively small amounts of consumed plastic can be deadly. The research analyzed the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...

Across the planet, animals are increasingly suffering from chronic illnesses once seen only in humans. Cats, dogs, cows, and even marine life are facing rising rates of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, ...

Ingesting just six pieces of rubber—each smaller than a pea—can all but seal a seabird’s fate, leaving it with a 90 percent chance of death. A 300-pound adult green sea turtle has about a 50 percent ...

A group of leading veterinarians has issued a stark warning about what the rise of “fur baby culture,” arguing that treating pets like human children can actually put their welfare at risk. The ...