Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo ...

Inspired by a mountain lion isolated from potential mates, the world's largest wildlife bridge is being built in Los Angeles ...

Like something straight out of a Jurassic Park movie, the golden takin's low, rumbling bellow can send shivers up your spine.

Invasive axis deer have become a widespread problem, even in the state of Hawaii. Authorities are attempting to mitigate the ...

The mushroom triple-killer has never been known to be violent in prison. But one thing has peeved those behind bars with her.

The windswept plains and rugged mountains of Patagonia hide a shadowy monarch. The puma, often called the mountain lion or ...

You’d be forgiven for thinking of snow leopards as ghosts—so few people have ever glimpsed one in the wild. To imagine a single cat picking its way across the jagged backbone of the Himalayas is to ...

Unless you’ve been to the Upper Cape and parts of the Mid Cape over the last week or so, it may be hard to imagine the ...

Over 300 sheep had to be rounded up by the California Highway Patrol after the animals broke loose from their pens and took ...

Studies of an epidemic of sheep cyclopia in the western United States have led to a possible treatment for human skin cancer. The compound that caused the cyclopia inhibits the Hedgehog cellular ...

BigPicture began in 2014 and has received more than 64,000 images from photographers around the world since launching. The ...

After being hunted to eradication in Washington and Oregon in the 1930s and 1940s, the gray wolf’s recovery in these states ...