Proposed changes by the Trump administration to the federal Endangered Species Act are raising alarm among conservationists ...

The baby giraffe was born at the Phoenix Zoo in November as part of a program to rebuild the population of endangered species ...

Humanity has spent a century turning interstellar travel into a cultural inevitability, from pulp magazines to prestige ...

Hawaii's Big Island is banning people from feeding feral cats in an effort to protect native species, including an endangered ...

Our pet companions share an emotional bond with us and experience many of the joys and stresses of the lives we share. As our ...

Japan's islands teem with diverse snake species, from harmless rat snakes controlling pests to the venomous mamushi. Understanding these reptiles, found in various habitats across the country, fosters ...

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Over 70 new species, from insects to dinosaurs, were identified in 2025 by combining fieldwork, museum collections, and ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...