Many of the fish we eat play a key role in maintaining the seabed—and therefore our climate, new research shows. Convex ...

In the heart of Australia, as red dust swirls in the twilight and the stars pierce the vast sky, two remarkable creatures ...

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

A new festival is coming to East Tennessee to celebrate one of the biggest supporters of river habitat health. Tennessee ...

Island rattlesnakes evolved simpler venoms, not more complex ones, challenging long-held beliefs about evolution and survival ...

Tree snags, dead trees that are still standing, provide essential habitats for small wildlife and support ecosystems. According to the National Wildlife Federation, animals make shelters inside ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

KIGALI, Rwanda ― Following the recent rediscovery of the critically endangered Hill’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli) at ...

On remote islands in the Gulf of California, scientists uncovered a surprising twist in rattlesnake evolution: simpler venom ...

A study published in the journal PLOS One reveals that combining bird observation data with land cover information provides ...

As New England warms, snowshoe hares are increasingly finding themselves the wrong color for camouflaging with their ...

The buzz is fading as bee populations decline alarmingly while butterfly numbers continue to plummet, thanks to habitat loss, ...