Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers and streams. They' ...

In the 1960s, growing demand for wild plant and animal products was driving certain species like elephants and tigers toward ...

Philippine conservation advocates call for stronger protection measures for endangered shark species at CITES meeting The ...

Costa Rica is a beautiful country. It’s a very popular summer destination, especially for eco-tours and swimming. Not only can you swim and relax on the beaches and hike mountains and beautiful trails ...

This module is a resource for lecturers . Concentrations of wildlife trafficking. Like other crimes, wildlife trafficking ...

This simple trap mission jumps into chaos when slippery freshwater eels show up where we least expected them. Their size, speed, and attitude make the catch feel like pulling up live ropes. Every ...

A young American eel ( Anguilla rostrata) starts life in the Sargasso Sea and is usually spawned in the late winter. The first or larval stage is known as a leptocephalus, and is said to be shaped ...

Two species of seal live in the UK all year round – the grey seal and the harbour seal. These earless seals are found around much of our coastline and sometimes venture into our rivers too. The grey ...

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires change—was mastered billions of years ago by single-celled organisms living ...