Conservation

In October, St. Louis Zoo chimpanzee Utamu gave birth to a baby girl. Two months later, the infant — named Raven — is starting to reach exciting milestones, like reaching for objects and trying to mimic chimpanzee vocalizations.

Wild turkey populations in Missouri have plummeted in recent years, with production of young turkeys at near-record lows.

The brown-headed nuthatch is back in Missouri after it was chased out by logging 100 years ago.

On July 30, St. Louis gained a new resident — Tobias, the Somali wild ass. His birth is special, since he is part of a subspecies that is both critically…

White, upper-middle-class Americans have held the reins of the mainstream conservation movement for decades — and some say change is long overdue.A small…

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…

Earlier this year, the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka had its first litter of African painted dog puppies, giving researchers a chance to compare how…

Even though Missouri conservation officials have shipped in hundreds of prairie chickens over the last 40 years, the native species has steadily declined…

No one has seen the flower of the 60-foot-tall Karomia gigas tree in Tanzania; scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden hope they’ll be the first.For…

The future is looking brighter for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, as scientists have announced the birth of the first pup of the species to be born…