Few creatures can match the manta ray or stingray when it comes to gracefulness in the water. These cartilaginous fish appear ...

Hiding in plain sight in Japan, researchers identified a new, “extremely rare” butterfly species with a remarkable wingspan ...

Genus has received FDA approval for its gene-edited PRRS-resistant pig, the company hopes to reduce disease and antibiotic ...

An extinct species has been uncovered in Japan after sitting in a museum for decades.

The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales -- a phenomenon ecologists have recognized for decades. Now, an international team of scientists ...

A bill before Congress seeks to make changes to the Endangered Species Act that environmentalists say would weaken its ...

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ...

Recent findings indicate that dire wolves and gray wolves are distantly related, having diverged about 5.7 million years ago ...

If you’ve ever caught a small glimpse of a wild canine roaming around your neighborhood, it is most likely a fox or, ...

Scientists have identified two new species of crocodiles in the Caribbean off the Yucatán Peninsula – and both are already ...

A new study finds that in some lemur species, evolving gender equality is linked to changes in the brain’s oxytocin system.

In the temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere, a quiet but powerful story has been unfolding for nearly 60 million ...