Mountaintops host some of the world's most diverse butterfly species, but climate change could transform these habitats into ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

Researchers in China have uncovered 55,000-year-old advanced tools, suggesting an unknown human species matched Neanderthal ...

Recent research conducted by the University of Bristol hypothesizes that mammals started to adapt to a more ground-oriented ...

A team of environmental scientists at the University of Sydney, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of ...

The Arctic fox was in danger of becoming extinct in Norway — but thanks to conservation efforts, the species now has a much ...

One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full ...

Once on the brink of extinction, these majestic birds have made a remarkable comeback since the 1973 Endangered Species Act was enacted.

Protecting animals against environmental changes, poachers, and other dangers is vital yet challenging work. And in recent ...

The Cretan wildcat, known locally as the furogatos, is the island’s only wild cat and the largest carnivore on Crete.

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.