Volunteers and crews from Australia’s National Parks and Wildlife Service have been doing what they can to help some of the kangaroos, koalas, lizards, and birds that can be rescued and treated.

Some wild animals that seem “too heavy” are doing just fine.

Tipsy zebra finches slur their songs and high spiders spin asymmetrical webs.

And babies, and stuffed animals …

A mysterious wildcat in Sri Lanka may hold a clue.

Are we trying to save animals in the wrong places?

Bighorn sheep and moose learn to migrate from one another. When they die, that generational know-how is not easily replaced.

A legal case involving a famous solitary elephant poses a fundamental question about animals’ rights.