New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Scientists and animal rights activists differ on the need to allow the hunting of the world’s largest rodent, but agree that the deterioration of its ecosystem puts it at risk ...

The new law, which takes effect in 2026, will prohibit the sale of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, hermit crabs, ...

The Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs, the most of any animal, and its DNA may reveal insights into evolution and ...

Britain's Duchess of Kent, known for her links to the Wimbledon tennis tournament and for anonymously teaching music at a ...

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public ...

Deep-sea fish, a group of inhabitants of the most light-deprived and harsh environments on our planet, have been discovered ...

This adorable pale pink species—nicknamed the “bumpy snailfish”—is one of three newly described deep-sea fishes discovered off the Pacific coast. All three belong to the family Liparidae, or ...

Imagine your home slowly vanishing beneath your feet; that’s exactly what’s happening to animals all over the world right now ...

Daniel Rosengren, a wildlife photographer whose lens has captured some of the most breathtaking moments in nature, has called ...

Scientists don’t usually cross over from observation to intervention. But for the team in Warren's Jacob’s Point Marsh, the ...