A new report is the first to comprehensively map networks of animal commerce that fuel zoonotic disease risk in the US.

Forensics specialists could use a commercially available assay to determine if a sample comes from dog, wolf, or coyote.

Funding for wildlife conservation relies on hunting and angling fees. A survey suggests new messages could spark a more diverse future for hunting.

Before fur traders decimated sea otters, ancestors of at least one Alaskan indigenous group hunted them for their pelts, not food, researchers say.

Images from camera traps show West African lions venturing out of protected areas and closer to humans. Researchers have an idea why.

Illegal wildlife trafficking and the demand for animal parts rose in the United States between 1979 and 2014, researchers find.

Icelandic Medieval literature, in addition to ancient DNA and carbon dating, tell the likely story of how Iceland lost its unique walrus population.

The tiny stone tools of our prehistoric ancestors were like the disposable razor blades or paperclips of today—pervasive, easy to make, and easily replaced.

As gray wolves continue to make a strong comeback in Washington state, deer have had to get smart to avoid getting eaten.

11,500-year-old bones add new information to the story of dogs and people living and working together.