Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt human health. NPR science reporter Jonathan Lambert has ...

The persistent presence of humans and their infrastructure in U.S. national parks has yielded dramatic changes in the behaviors of large animals who live there, a new study has found. Even during the ...

I love a good viral video of a wild animal encounter—providing nobody gets hurt. Well, okay, full disclosure, I don’t mind so much if the human gets a little hurt, particularly as comeuppance for ...