Contrary to Cope's Rule, today's animals, including polar bears, are shrinking due to climate change and human impacts.

Vulcan lizards live in volcanic lava fields at elevations of at least 5,600 feet, the study said. Researchers named the new ...

No group of plants exemplifies this better than hollies. With their beautiful green foliage and bright red-to-orange berries, ...

Local researchers have uncovered a total of 122 pet shops and seven websites selling 24 non-native small mammals in South Africa.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Martin Cheek, a conservation botanist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, about new plant and fungus species he and his colleagues discovered this year.

The endangered whales are North Atlantic right whales, which number fewer than 400 and are vulnerable to ship collisions and ...

West Marin's Chileno Valley Newt Brigade is the first newt rescue project in California. In 2024, it's a model for amphibian ...

To wrap up 2024, which was declared “the Year of the Forest Birds in Hawaii,” more than a dozen volunteers joined staff from ...

A biologist hid 350 audio monitors across Costa Rica’s tropical rainforests to spy on endangered spider monkeys in order to ...

Experts warn the virus' spread to apex predators signals broader ecological risks and highlights the challenges of managing wildlife diseases.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The U.S. Forest Service is doing what it can to make sure the Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly can ...

Researchers have found that stick insects keep evolving the same 20 body plans, from the "tree lobster'" to the "bark hugger" ...