The coypu has become a true nightmare for European ecosystems. This exotic, harmless-looking animal has rapidly invaded many ...

Federal data only tells part of the story of how the global wildlife trade is fueling nature loss, a new study shows.

Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...

Colonies of the UK's fastest declining mammal species have been discovered in south Wales' uplands.

For two days every February, teams of outdoorsmen armed with 12-gauge shotguns scour the delta in flat-bottom mud boats and ...

Tropical forests are massive biodiversity storehouses. While these rich swathes of land constitute less than one-tenth of Earth’s surface, they harbor more than 60% of known species. Among them is a ...

In a nature reserve of southern China, a “horned” creature with over 250 “creamy white” eggs sat on the ground near a stream. Its eyes scanned the surrounding forest, but it wasn’t the only one ...

In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have sat on tenterhooks, ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what ...