A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

In the mountains of southern Iran, a new species has been discovered — and it might be deadly. Researchers armed with ...

The discovery of the new species of crocodile sheds fresh light on the need for conservation efforts.

A new study, seen in Nature Genetics and led by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; ...

Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls ...

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

When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast ...

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 ...

A study reviewing 50 years of scientific literature shows that the most visually appealing avians are the subject of three ...

Do you want to attract a larger variety of feathered friends to your yard? These tips can help make your outdoor space ...