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Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) slung from Super Huey Bell helicopter Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape Province SOUTH AFRICA A viable breeding population of 15 animals being relocated to an undisclosed destination. ENDANGERED SPECIES. CITES 1

Rhino Relocation

To protect rhinos from poachers, conservation workers have taken to the air to move these massive animals quickly and efficiently to safer ground.

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Land of the Leopards

The world’s rarest cats are rebounding in Russia, thanks to the creation of a new national park.

A female Grauer’s gorilla calmly observes the team as it approaches. The Grauer’s gorilla (also known as eastern lowland gorilla) is the largest of the four gorilla subspecies, narrowly beating its closest relative, the mountain gorilla. There are an estimated 2000-5000 left, all of them in eastern DRC.
Gorillas on the Mend

To bring medical support to mountain gorillas, a group of veterinarians brave one of the world's most dangerous national parks.

The Problem with Pythons

Burmese pythons are slowly, inexorably eating their way through Florida’s wildlife—is hunting them the answer?

A drying lake bed in Hungary’s Danube-Dráva National Park attracts a large flock of great egrets.
Great Egrets Take Flight

Once hunted to near-extinction, Europe’s great egrets find refuge along Hungary’s Danube.

New research shows that juvenile beavers master the art of directional tree felling by copying adults in the most advantageous approach to a tree and placement of the initial cut. Here, an adult female and her son from last year alternate in cutting a large Douglas fir near a forested lake in northern Montana in the United States. Cuts at different height on opposite sides of the trunk enable the most efficient and safest tree felling. Still, an adult pauses periodically to assess tree angle and stability. Cameras mounted high in the canopy and fired remotely from about 50 m away, just outside of a tree fall reach, were instrumental in discovering crucial aspects of tree cutting behavior in this beaver colony.
Nature’s Lumberjacks

Tree-felling is dangerous business, so naturally a mother shows her young kit how it's done.

A pair of grey foxes visit one of the ‘skeleton trees’ in their territory
Skeleton Tree

Gray foxes climb into the trees to grab a few feet of vertical advantage.

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Sea Wolves

A pack of wolves along Canada’s Pacific Coast have become seafood specialists.

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Lens of Time: Bumper Bees

See how scientists use high-speed videography to investigate—and learn from—the clumsy flight of the bumblebee.

Wetlands on Demand

Rice fields for migratory birds—a look at California’s latest pop-up trend.