Unhoused people and wildlife are increasingly coming into contact. Here’s what can be done to protect them

As homelessness increases around the world, more unhoused people are turning to parks and other urban green spaces to seek shelter. However, these places are also home to animals that live in and ...
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Living with wildlife: Protecting animals and their natural habitats

Learn why wild animals usually avoid conflict and how respecting their space can help create safer encounters between humans ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Mere Presence of Humans—Not Just Our Changes to the Land—Can Alter Wild Animals’ Behaviors, a New Study Suggests

Human development—such as roads—affects wildlife. But so does the presence of people. Dave Kenny The world is in the throes of a biodiversity crisis, with numerous animal species declining or ...
The Washington Post

Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

To protect endangered mountain gorillas, this wildlife vet empowers their human neighbors

Since 2003, CNN Hero Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and her nonprofit, Conservation Through Public Health, have worked to help ...
The New York Times

Global Wildlife Trade Fuels Spread of Disease From Animals to People

Live animal markets and the illegal sale of wildlife pose particular dangers, but any sale of wild animals or animal products poses spillover risks, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The global ...
Phys.org

Unhoused people and wildlife are increasingly coming into contact. Here's what can be done to protect them

As homelessness increases around the world, more unhoused people are turning to parks and other urban green spaces to seek shelter. However, these places are also home to animals that live in and ...