Oceanic islands are biologically unique and irreplaceable because they have never been connected to continental mainlands and ...

A global study finds over 3,500 animal species already threatened by climate change, with invertebrates and marine life most ...

Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species are barreling ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

For the last 10,000 years, thousands of species have perished from the Holocene extinction event, which is still ongoing.

Rediscovery of world's smallest snake, Barbados threadsnake, sparks hope for wildlife protection on Caribbean island.

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in North America.

After the 1982-1983 El Niño warming event, the coral endemic to the Galápagos Islands experienced sharp population declines ...

From Ireland's last Great Auk to a fish thought to have been extinct for 70 million years — there's so much to discover in ...

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools ...

Researchers in South Africa have rediscovered a lost lizard, uncovered new localities of species and found that some are in ...

With temperatures soaring into dangerous territory, the Little Rock Zoo is getting creative to keep everyone safe from the sweltering heat, and that includes their full-time residents.