The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

For a long time, the prevailing theory was that dinosaurs were already in decline before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth ...

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Brevard near Canova Park on Wednesday. There ...

It’s a new year, and what better way to kick it off than by looking back on some of the biggest conservation wins we’ve ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

A new study on African penguins links food shortages and fishing to adult survival losses, raising the risk of extinction.

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

Irrawaddy dolphins are rapidly disappearing across Asia. Scientists warn that fishing nets, pollution and habitat loss are ...

North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Brevard near Canova Park on Wednesday. After a three-game comeback ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

Extinction is rarely a moment. It is a process that unfolds offstage, marked by missed sightings, thinning records, and the ...