Wildlife

Hawaii Urban Seabird
White tern parents looking at an egg holding their chick on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, Jan. 18, 2022, in Honolulu. (Melody Bentz via AP)

Birds

How a seabird native to Hawaii has adapted to life in Honolulu’s concrete jungle

APRIL 2, 2026

Britain World’s Oldest-Tortoise
FILE - Tourists take photos of Jonathan, a then 192-year-old tortoise, on the lawn of Plantation House in Jamestown on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicole Evatt, File)

Hoax

World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

APRIL 2, 2026

Kenya Urban Lions
A lioness plays with her cub in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok, Kenya, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Laila Kazziha)

Animals

He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling — and dangerous

OCT. 8, 2025

Gardening – Bird Care
FILE - A blue jay appears on a feeder in Lutherville-Timonium, Md., on May 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Animals

As the garden winds down, it’s time to care for winter-prepping birds

OCT. 8, 2025

FILE - A mallard spreads his wings in the sun at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - A mallard spreads his wings in the sun at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Health

What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders

MARCH 18, 2025

FILE - A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

North Carolina

A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?

FEB. 4, 2025

Cambodia Crocodiles
Siamese crocodile hatchlings rest together at a hatchling nursery in Phnom Tamao Zoo in Takeo province, Cambodia, on Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Science

How a nearly extinct crocodile species returned from the brink in Cambodia

OCT. 25, 2024

APTOPIX Climate Canada Ecosystem Outlook
A polar bear nurses her cub, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Climate

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

SEPT. 24, 2024

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Pink water washes over a salt crust along the receding edge of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, May 4, 2021. The lake has been shrinking for years, and its levels are expected to hit a 170-year low in 2021 as drought grips the American West. (AP Photo / Rick Bowmer)

Climate

AP takes immersive look as drought puts ‘flatlining’ Great Salt Lake at historic risk

JULY 16, 2021

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Animals

Between the lines of a press release: Gray wolves could lose federal protection

MARCH 15, 2019

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