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This Bear May Be 'Vulnerable,' but It's Also a Fierce Killer

Forest communities in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka have been forced to adapt to life with sloth bears

(Newser) - Sloth bears, often called the most dangerous bear species, are responsible for more attacks on humans than tigers, lions, wolves, and even other bears in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Despite feeding mainly on fruit, termites, and ants, these bears have a reputation for explosive aggression when threatened. A...

It Doesn't Look Good for North America's Reindeer
It Doesn't Look Good for
North America's Reindeer
NEW STUDY
Aug 17, 2025 1:40 PM CDT

It Doesn't Look Good for North America's Reindeer

Wild caribou in Canada and Alaska could decline up to 80% by 2100 amid warming climate

(Newser) - Reindeer populations across the Arctic are facing a steep decline, with researchers warning that numbers could drop by as much as 80% by the end of this century. The finding, led by scientists from the University of Adelaide and the University of Copenhagen, highlights the North American herds—known...

'Extinct' Gecko Rediscovered After Rat Removal

Turns out the leaf-toed gecko wasn't actually gone from an island in the Galápagos

(Newser) - A species of tiny and secretive geckos long thought lost on one Galápagos island has made a dramatic return, and all it really took was calling someone about the rat problem. NewScientist reports that conservationists rediscovered the elusive leaf-toed gecko on Rábida Island—a small, hilly isle overrun...

Once Again, the Osprey Comes to the Brink
The Osprey Again
Comes to the Brink
Jul 12, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

The Osprey Again Comes to the Brink

DDT threatened the raptor before the chemical's ban in 1972; this time, some blame overfishing

(Newser) - Stepping onto an old wooden duck blind in the York River, Bryan Watts looks at a failed osprey nest, taken over by diving terns. "The birds never laid here this year," says Watts, near the mouth of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay. "That's a pattern we've...

Johnston Atoll Spared From SpaceX Rocket Plans

Air Force drops plan after pushback from conservation and native groups

(Newser) - A remote Pacific wildlife refuge, once targeted for SpaceX rocket testing, has been spared—at least for now—as the Air Force backs away from controversial plans amid mounting pressure from conservationists and Indigenous groups, Popular Science reports. The US Department of the Air Force has confirmed it will...

Man Swimming With Sharks Killed in Rare Attack in Israel

Remains found of missing man along Israeli shore after beachgoers ignored safety warnings

(Newser) - Israeli police have found the remains of a swimmer who vanished in the Mediterranean Sea after heading out into the water near a gathering of sharks. The incident occurred on Monday at a beach in Hadera, and Israeli authorities closed that beach and others nearby following the apparent attack,...

In the 'Coral Triangle,' a 'Compounding Problem'

Vietnam struggles to save its coral reefs, only 1% of which are healthy

(Newser) - Southeast Asia's coral reefs make up more than a third of the world's supply and are part of the "Coral Triangle," a richly biodiverse marine area that generally stretches from the Philippines to Indonesia to the Solomon Islands. But most of these are now at risk...

Only 20 Red Wolves Exist in Wild. A New Plan May Help

Wildlife crossing to be built in North Carolina refuge

(Newser) - Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country's only unique wolf species. Today, it's motorists. That fact was brought home last June, when red wolf breeding male No. 2444 was struck and killed on US 64 near Manns Harbor, North Carolina. His death likely meant five...

7 Wins for the Planet in 2024
7 Wins for the
Planet in 2024
Dec 22, 2024 5:00 PM CST

7 Wins for the Planet in 2024

There was some good news, tree-huggers

(Newser) - Well, planet Earth in 2024 saw heat waves, wildfires, sea rise, massive hurricanes, newly endangered species, and recently its most massive glacier set sail for deadlier warmer waters . But the BBC takes a look at some of the wins for the third rock from the sun. A look at the...

YouTuber Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman Dies From Snake Bite

Conservationist known as 'South Africa's Steve Irwin' died after month in induced coma

(Newser) - A wildlife conservationist and YouTuber known as "South Africa's Steve Irwin" died over the weekend, a month after being bitten by a venomous snake. USA Today reports that Graham "Dingo" Dinkelman, 44, had been in an induced coma in intensive care from anaphylactic shock since he was...

Only 18 Red Wolves Exist in the US Wild. Rescue Efforts Are on

FWS expert says it's 'a serious roller coaster' to save the endangered species from cars, guns

(Newser) - Red wolves used to frolic throughout the eastern United States, their habitats stretching from Pennsylvania to Texas. Now, there are fewer than two dozen left in the wild, settled in a handful of counties in northeastern North Carolina. Experts are trying their best to save the endangered canine from extinction,...

To Save Crocodiles, Give Them 'Food Poisoning'
Scientists' Salvation
for Crocs: 'Food Poisoning'
NEW STUDY
Aug 16, 2024 8:22 AM CDT

Scientists' Salvation for Crocs: 'Food Poisoning'

Bait trial in Australia reduces deaths from cane toad poison by up to 95%

(Newser) - It's a hard life as a freshwater crocodile in Australia, where death can come with a single bite. "It's not pretty," Georgia Ward-Fear, a Macquarie University conservation scientist who's witnessed crocodiles dying from literal poison, tells NPR . "They go into seizures. And death is...

Botswana Is Irked by Germany's Elephant Suggestion

It offers to ship 20K animals to Germany so it can see what it's like living among them

(Newser) - A suggestion from Germany's Environment Ministry didn't go over so well in Botswana. President Mokgweetsi Masisi took issue with the ministry's recommendation that tighter limits be put in place on importing hunting trophies, saying that conservation efforts had led to a surging elephant population that hunting helped...

For This Nearly Extinct Rhino, a Chance to Bounce Back

Successful embryo transfer into southern white rhino could bode well for northern white rhinos

(Newser) - A rhinoceros was impregnated through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that conservationists said might later make it possible to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino. In testing with another subspecies, the researchers created a southern white rhino embryo in a lab from an egg...

Drought Kills at Least 100 Elephants
Drought Kills
at Least 100
Elephants
Dec 19, 2023 12:00 PM CST

Drought Kills at Least 100 Elephants

El Nino blamed for lack of water killing pachyderms in recent weeks in Zimbabwe's largest national park

(Newser) - At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe's largest national park in recent weeks because of drought, their carcasses a grisly sign of what wildlife authorities and conservation groups say is the impact of climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon. Authorities warn that more could die as...

Bjork's New Single Is Part of Her Larger Mission
Bjork Releases
Single to Fight
'Frankenstein
Mutants'
CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
Nov 10, 2023 3:50 PM CST

Bjork Releases Single to Fight 'Frankenstein Mutants'

Iceland's most famous star has put out 'Oral' to help raise funds to fight salmon farming in her home country

(Newser) - Bjork is putting out a new single—but she didn't make it solely to indulge her creative and musical sensibilities. The 57-year-old Icelandic singer is using "Oral," put together with Spanish singer Rosalia and released Thursday, to raise funds to "help fight fish farming in Iceland,...

World's Largest 'Corpse' Flower Is on the Brink
World's Largest
'Corpse' Flower
Is on the Brink
NEW STUDY
Sep 29, 2023 2:00 PM CDT

World's Largest 'Corpse' Flower Is on the Brink

All 42 species in Rafflesia genus can be considered threatened: study

(Newser) - Rafflesia arnoldi is the world's largest single flowering plant, with a bloom more than three feet wide. Dubbed "corpse flower" or "stinking corpse lily," it's also incredibly smelly due to the foul odor—something like rotting flesh—it emits to attract carrion flies for pollination....

Biden Invokes Executive Power, Goes Ahead With Climate Corps

Shot down by Congress, New Deal-style corps will serve as major green-jobs training program

(Newser) - After being thwarted by Congress, President Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style climate initiative that will serve as a major green-jobs training program. In an announcement Wednesday, the White House said the program will employ about 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant...

Plans for Controversial Stonehenge Tunnel Approved

Though one expert says no work is likely to start any time soon

(Newser) - Plans for a contentious and long-delayed road tunnel near Stonehenge were approved Friday. The UK transport secretary gave the OK to the $2.2 billion plan to widen roads around the ancient site and build a 2-mile tunnel aimed at reducing traffic on England's A303 road, the Guardian and...

Auschwitz Museum Conserves 'Only Trace Left' of Children Killed

Specialists are preserving 8K shoes of Nazis' youngest victims at Polish death camp

(Newser) - In a modern conservation laboratory on the grounds of the former Auschwitz camp, a man wearing blue rubber gloves uses a scalpel to scrape away rust from the eyelets of small brown shoes worn by children before they were murdered in gas chambers. Colleagues at the other end of a...

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