Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study ...

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Animals and humans have always coexisted. Before cities, nomadic hunter-gatherers depended on animals for food, transport, ...

Dinosaurs may not have been declining before the asteroid impact after all – new research shows that the apparent drop in ...

Amidst a comeback for the red-cockaded woodpecker — the South’s not-always-welcome neighbor — a new legal status and ...

The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be ...

Dotting the ground beneath towering forests of the Pacific Northwest is a bizarre mushroom that looks like a molar, dotted ...

I'd like y’all to stroll a bit around downtown Chapel Hill. The trees are waking and I thought it might be nice for us to ...

a testament to their unique place in the animal kingdom. Pronghorn female in Wyoming. Image via Getty Images. Pronghorns hold the title of the swiftest land mammal in North America. They usually ...

Also, interestingly their national animal is the relative of the alpaca ... Prior to 1980, only a small number of alpacas could be found in North American zoos and sanctuaries. From 1983, during the ...

Artists and scientists are finding ways to highlight troublesome plants and animals, tell their stories and, in some cases, ...

Even planting just one keystone plant in the yard or in a container will help restore biodiversity on your property.