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Left: black and white trail camera footage of a ringtail standing up in the woods. Right: the same ringtail scurrying to the right of the frame

After rewilding success, trail cameras captured the return of one of the Pacific Northwest’s most elusive mammals

A rare ringtail was seen passing through a 405-acre property in Ashland, Oregon.

The world’s largest wildlife overpass was specifically designed to help elk. Three finally braved the six-lane crossing

Colorado leads the nation in wildlife crossings with more than 100 structures.

A close-up image of a leatherback sea turtle

An endangered sea turtle just laid the 300th nest of the season. She's been visiting Florida beaches since 2001

Juno the leatherback sea turtle recently marked a new milestone for her species.

A short-eared dog is seen cutting through the dark of a forest on a trail camera

Researchers have been following this rare 'ghost dog' species for 23 years to better learn how to protect it

The short-eared dogs of the Amazon Basin are notoriously hard to spot in the wild, but new trail camera footage is shedding light on the endangered species.

A black and white photo of a mountain bongo on a trail camera

Experts thought this critically endangered species had vanished. Then, one was spotted on a trail camera

One of the conservationists working to protect the species called the sighting “huge news.”

A photo collage of three people on a mountain trail hike, a row of products on grocery shelves, Stephen Colbert, a floating ocean solar farm, and several protest signs for racial justice

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A close-up shot of a loggerhead sea turtle

172-pound loggerhead turtle with four fishing hooks in his body given second chance by volunteers

Bowser, a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was rescued from the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier recently. The operation was one of a growing number of rescues in areas where sea turtles and humans overlap.

A Sumatran Orangutan swings from a rope canopy bridge in a trail camera screenshot

Watch an orangutan swing over a busy road via canopy bridge: 'We have watched and waited for this moment'

A camera captured a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan using a specially built canopy bridge to cross a road in Sumatra.

An aerial view of the Willard Springs Wildlife Overpass in Arizona

Arizona is building its 27th wildlife crossing. Altogether, they've reduced collisions by 90%

The new project, over I-17, just south of Flagstaff, is projected to be completed by fall 2026.

A black and white still of trail camera footage showing a northern hairy-nosed wombat

Conservationists 'ecstatic:' Trail cameras spot one of the world's rarest mammals — with a baby in its pouch

Conservationists in Queensland, Australia “turned to mush upon seeing the images.”

A walking shark, a 3 foot sea creature with brown and white spots

A 'walking shark' was seen crawling along the bottom of the seafloor. It's a new species

Researchers were diving in Papua New Guinea when they discovered a strange new species in shallow waters.

An olive ridley sea turtle nesting on a beach at dusk

Experts delighted: Olive ridley sea turtle seen nesting in Florida for the first time ever

A nesting sea turtle shocked conservationists when it was spotted on a Florida beach during Sea Turtle Week.