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His work revealed that sharks use an electromagnetic sense to navigate and detect prey.

Moving collectively on the water surface could help protect schools of fish from being eaten by predatory birds.

The Caltech scientist was revered for his work on the neurobiology of birdsong and owls’ ability to home in on their prey.

Working at bushmeat markets in Africa, researchers are trying to trace the trade networks of the mammals.

A wildlife camera trap survey of critically endangered West African lions finds they have no preference for parks over trophy-hunting areas, possibly because of poor habitat quality in the no-hunting zones.

Buzzfeed uncovers trophy hunters among the ranks of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which, critics say, may be impeding wildlife protection.

Watch a hawk close in on a target.

The US Department of the Interior determined that the population has rebounded enough to no longer need Endangered Species Act protection; conservation biologists disagree.

Ecological challenges such as finding food and creating fire may have led the organ to become abnormally large, a new computer model suggests.

The adaptation gives better endurance to the Bajau people, known as sea nomads, by increasing spleen size and, in turn, boosting the number of oxygenated red blood cells when diving.  

A large-scale survey of wild game regulations in North America finds science-based policies lacking, and poor transparency on the part of agencies may contribute.  

A federal court had ordered the Idaho Fish and Game Department to destroy data collected from a protected wilderness area. 

An artist’s impression suggests what the Caribbean may have looked like before humans arrived. 

Researchers use a century of trade records to uncover differences in the resilience of terrestrial and aquatic species.

See images from a century of fur trapping and hunting in the Amazon basin.

Historical data shed new light on the possible causes of southern sea lion decline in the Falkland Islands.

Researchers find high stress hormone levels in the hair of hunted wolves in Northern Canada.

With high-speed cameras, scientists find that sailfish use their bills to corral and slash other fish, like schooling sardines.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research