We've known for decades that elephants have a large capacity for intelligence and emotions...but what exactly is going on inside the brain of an elephant? On average, an elephant's brain is 3 times larger than a human brain. While size...
When we heard the story of Rana, we were inspired by her strength. Rana's story goes beyond just herself, however. Discovered with hypothermia in Monaco’s port four years ago, Rana became a symbol for change and strength. Hypothermia is a condition marked...
Most students look forward to the end of the school year so that they can have the freedom to have fun with friends. But Texas Tech University students started their summer breaks unlike most: saving baby sea turtles. Through the...
It's a wildly debated topic in politics. Should a man or woman that takes the life of an innocent endangered creature be sentenced to the death penalty? Najib Balala has been warning the world that wildlife poachers in Kenya will be...
Just off Goodland, around the feeding grounds of Ten Thousand Islands, Luna the loggerhead sea turtle dipped beneath the ocean surface Thursday afternoon and was released into the wild. The 2-year-old turtle served as an ambassador for the Conservancy of Southwest...
MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania — The mighty elephant staggered and keeled over in the tall wavy grass in south Tanzania, where some of the world's worst poaching has happened and still happens today. It wasn't a murderer who targeted her but...
IT'S HERE – the season when sea turtles return yearly to Trinidad & Tobago's shores to lay eggs from March to August. The first few leatherback and hard-shell turtles have begun returning to the beaches. With their return come the annual...
Intricate carvings of women in flowing gowns, majestic horses, and folklore characters are among the countless items that are disappearing from shop shelves in mainland China as the strict government implements an ivory trading ban for the world’s largest consumer of...
When you put that fishing line into the rich waters of the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, you never know for certain what may latch on to the other end. You could engage in battle with a powerful marlin, or be...
