Category: Wildlife

Across the animal kingdom, mothers are crucial for the healthy development and survival of their offspring. Mothers play a vital role in nurturing, protecting and teaching their young. Across the animal kingdom, mothers “of all stripes” care for their offspring, playing a vital role in nurturing and protecting them, and […]

In all animals, number sense is closely linked to intelligence and survival. Gray wolves require specific numbers in their packs to hunt, depending on their prey. If it’s elk, six to eight wolves are needed to be successful; for bison, nine to 13 are necessary. Despite a common belief, counting […]

Zambia is home to the wildlife of a classic African safari—elephants wandering vast plains, cheetahs stalking silently through the grass and hippos bobbing in rivers. Yet Zambia offers even more: an extraordinary variety of rare and unusual animals found in few other places. Go beyond the familiar safari sightings to […]

As the largest member of the cat family, tigers are compellingly powerful and stealthy. It’s no wonder they’ve been one of nature’s most feared predators for roughly two million years! But in just the past 150 years, the tiger’s range has shrunk by nearly 95%. The population in the wild […]

Trees have a significant impact on our lives, and science backs that up. On this Arbor Day, April 25, 2025, I hope you’ll think about all the benefits that trees provide. Trees are some of my favorite beings on Earth. That’s why I look forward to Arbor Day every year, […]

Imagine a vast expanse of ice and snow, windswept shores, and rugged volcanic islands. Now picture penguins, some waddling clumsily on land, others gliding gracefully underwater, thriving in some of the harshest yet most breathtaking habitats on Earth. From the Galapagos penguins navigating tropical waters to towering emperor penguins braving […]

The largest bear in the world and the Arctic’s top predator, polar bears are a majestic symbol of endurance. The polar bear can be found wandering the Arctic in Canada, America, Russia, Norway and Greenland. Its Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means “sea bear,” which makes sense for a beast that […]

Within Africa’s second-youngest country lies the world’s oldest desert, with more than 55 million years of history buried in its shifting sands. The vast Namib Desert extends for 1,200 miles along the Atlantic coast—from Angola southward across Namibia—to the Olifants River in South Africa. ‘Namib’ derives from the Nama language, […]

Yellowstone is the only place in the Lower 48 to have a continuously free-ranging bison population since prehistoric times. Now, preserved dung suggests that over the last 2,300 years, elk were the other primary, large herbivore species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem watershed. Large herbivores—such as bison and elk—have continuously […]