Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in June 2012. Overnight, George had taken not only ...

The pangolin could go extinct before most people realize it exists. Or, more to the point: It could go extinct because of that. Pangolins -- two species of which are endangered and all of which ...

The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the ...

Studies suggest that plant species are going extinct at approximately 500 times the natural or background rate of extinction.

A bobcat, with its characteristic reddish fur and black markings, trots across a snow-covered field in central Oregon, in the ...

Researchers describe the new species as having "large" eyes and "v"-shaped teeth, according to a new peer-reviewed study ...

There’s millions of invasive snakes on this tiny island, where they were accidentally introduced during World War II. Since ...

"People collect spiders a bit like people collect Pokemon – they want to 'catch 'em all'," says University of Hong Kong ...

The risk of disease transmission or injury to the public or to caretakers from marine mammals is significant. Infection through close contact with people also threatens captive marine mammals.

But mammals can’t see the millions of colors that people can. With human retinas grown in a petri dish, researchers discovered how an offshoot of vitamin A generates the specialized cells that enable ...

At the turn of this century, seeing a wild jaguar was exceptionally difficult. People driving through the Jaguar Ecological ...

People are also economically dependent on trees. According to IUCN, more than 5,000 of the tree species on the Red List are ...