Scientists have long treated mass extinctions as events locked deep in the fossil record. That framing now feels less distant ...

What are some of the species we’re seeing in the illegal wildlife trade today? And what are we doing to combat it?

Luckily, some animals like the Campbell's keeled glass-snail are resilient and can bounce back, just as was the case with the ...

Ancient DNA has been pulled from a permafrost-preserved woolly mammoth found in Siberia, and scientists are thrilled. They ...

In virtually every piece of land on Earth—from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 meters ...

The Bay Area wildlife community still has much to celebrate this season — the popular burrowing owl is finally making a ...

Nebraska never named the plains bison as its official state mammal, yet this large grazer remains central to the state’s ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

Migratory land mammals roam annually over large swaths of landscape to obtain seasonally available resources. For example, ...

Why Kansas chose the plains bison in 1955, honoring its speed, strength, and role in shaping prairie life, Native history, and frontier identity.

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

The Brevard Zoo announced it is now home to two black-and-white Colobus monkeys. This species of primate is classified as ...