wildlife-and-conservation

Japan’s brown bears, primarily Ussuri brown bears (Ursus arctos lasiotus), are large, solitary carnivores inhabiting fragmented forest regions across Hokkaido and increasingly...

This guide explains the population of free-ranging monkeys along Silver River in Florida, how they arrived there, the species involved, and what this means for residents, visito...

Monkeys in Japan are most closely associated with the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata, a charismatic primate adapted to cold climates and revered in culture and folklore. This...

Jaguars are rare, wide-ranging cats historically present in the southwestern United States, and in southern Arizona they persist as occasional individuals moving north from Mexi...

Nonnative green iguanas ( Iguana iguana ) have become established across parts of South Florida, where their burrowing, feeding, and waste contribute measurable ecological and e...

No wild lion populations exist in China today. The species historically occurred in parts of Central and East Asia, but regional extinction followed habitat loss and hunting. Sm...