While many of those species are found in places like Africa, South America and Asia, there are those in North America, as ...

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of ...

Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and "smushed" faces, so they're more similar to each other than they are to ...

Flat-faced dogs and cats have been bred to such extremes that they now look more like each other than their own ancestors, ...

In a world where most mammals are covered in thick fur, humans are pretty unique, and not just by a little. From endless hair ...

The Trump administration plans to revise the Endangered Species Act, which could affect the Indiana bat, Roseate tern and ...

A rewording of the Endangered Species Act is being proposed by the Trump administration. The proposed rollback would ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius robustus ), for example, are known to forage for invertebrates on the seafloor ...

At his fish pond near his home in Krishnanagar Municipality in western Nepal’s Kapilvastu, Imtehaj Khan closely watches a ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from ...

Scientists have discovered that climate change surpasses every other threat to endangered species in the United States.