Westword

Analysis: When Endangered Animals Try to Mate With Domestic Relatives, Both Wildlife and People Lose

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...

Five new pups at Durham museum are a lifeline for world's rarest wolf in the wild

The birth of the Red Wolf pups is a celebration for the museum in their decades-long efforts to save the animal from ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Are Animals Paired at the National Zoo?

Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...
Gizmodo

Which Wild Animals Could Humans Domesticate Into the Next Great Pet?

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree. According to the American Pet Products Association, around 94 million ...
Slate

Protecting Wild Animals Has Never Been More Urgent. But There’s a Reason It Can Be Harder Than It Seems.

This essay is adapted from Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works, by Helen Pearson. Copyright © 2026 by the author and reprinted with permission of ...

Here's what the animals we eat looked like before we started breeding them

Turkeys have more than doubled in size since the days of our grandparents.