NWF : Wildlife

The Supreme Court has upheld a U.S. government permit to dump waste from a gold mine in the state of Alaska into a nearby lake, even though all its fish would be killed.

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A remarkable fossil find has scientists excited but the publicity surrounding it is giving them heartburn

Environmental groups accuse BP of dropping its pledge to be "green" and replacing it with a commitment to be "responsible".

“Extreme Mammals” at the American Museum of Natural History might be considered a self-centered declaration of evolutionary triumph: It is something that only a mammal could have conceived.

The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of 'mutualism' ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows the unusual biology that helped make this one of the m

An Australian kangaroo shot through the head with an arrow is expected to make a full recovery, wildlife officers say.

Evolving faster than any other new rabies virus on record, a northern-Arizona rabies strain has mutated to become contagious among skunks and now foxes, experts believe.

Thousands of gallons of oil from the worst oil spill in U.S. history still coat Alaska's shores with a toxic glaze, threatening wildlife and local people, experts say.

Males--no matter what species, sometimes they just can't catch a break.

Alaska abruptly resumed shooting wolves from helicopters this weekend in hopes that shooting the wolves will increase the population of caribou for hunters to kill. The state plans to kill up to 328 wolves, sparing under 100 in the Yukon area.

New Online Poll with the National Wildlife Federation-- who will be the next Senator of Minnesota?

For the first time, a newborn blue whale has been captured on camera, experts say. The baby is the first proof that a blue whale hot spot is a birthing ground. With video.

Earth's ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a trove of secrets to Census of Marine Life explorers

Florida wildlife managers have launched an experiment to see if they can keep crocodiles from returning to residential neighborhoods by temporarily taping magnets to their heads to disrupt their "homing" ability.