Wildlife

The Missouri Botanical Garden has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to track and research bats in the region since 2017.

The new pilot airing on Animal Planet/Discovery+, "Bare Hands Rescue," follows the exploits of a St. Louis-based wildlife removal company. Star Michael "Bare Hands" Beran discusses the show with Michael D. Francis of St. Louis-based production company Michael D. Francis Presents.

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act could provide state agencies with money to protect habitats of endangered and threatened plants and animals.

How do diseases jump from animals to humans? And is there anything we can do to stop them? A Washington University professor explains the problem — and some possible solutions.

In early March, Mark Glenshaw joined host Sarah Fenske on St. Louis on the Air to discuss his obsession with owls. On Monday’s show, Glenshaw returned to…

For Joe Hoffmann, spring is like the dinner rush at a restaurant. But instead of customers, there are rows of hungry baby birds, demanding to be fed.“It’s…

Mark Glenshaw is obsessed with owls. By day, he is a manager at Fontbonne University’s library; but by night, he frequents a discrete area of Forest Park,…

There are roughly 2.8 million people living in greater St. Louis, many of whom would be surprised to know that they share the space with a good variety of…

Only a few of the more than 40 snake species in Missouri are venomous, including the one Ben Jellen is looking for: the copperhead.Copperheads have…

Lead was removed from most consumer products, like pencils and pipes, long ago.There’s still one product where lead is used routinely — ammunition.This…