On an island in Papua New Guinea, a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue made itself at home in a village garden — or it tried to, at least. Locals spotted the “smooth” animal and caught it. They ...

In a forested region of Angola where a cliff separates the landscape, a new species of butterfly was discovered. /iStockphoto The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by ...

Real or hybrid, news of the resurrection of the dire wolf is a big deal with huge implications for conservation efforts, the advancement of science, and the business of bioscience.

John Waldrop, 76, of Georgia amassed a staggering collection of 1,401 taxidermy mounts and 2,594 eggs, mostly through ...

The secluded Samburu conservancy is the first of its kind in the region, and every step supports conservation efforts and ...

Scientists found a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes in rocky a crevice of South Africa and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Courtney Hundermark via Conradie, Hundermark, Kemp ...

In the waterfowl world, Alabama’s most abundant species, the wood duck, is not known for migrating long distances. It turns out, the wood duck migration patterns follow a “boy meets girl” scenario.

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from Louisiana in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia minima, an ...

Bird flu cases are rising rapidly in the United States and around the world. A new study traces how the disease spread over ...

The fossil, found 250 miles (402 kilometers) north of Cape Town in South Africa, is a new species of multisegmented arthropod that may have lived in oxygen-poor waters, according to the study ...

Captain Dylan Hubbard says cold-tolerant species like sheepshead, trout and redfish are biting well inshore. Hogfish, lane snapper, mangrove snapper and red grouper are active nearshore while big red ...