The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

Researchers with the aquarium spotted two blue whales just 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard on Saturday during an aerial ...

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

Returning rescued slow lorises to the wild may sound like a conservation success, but a new study shows it can turn deadly. Researchers tracked nine released animals and found that only two survived, ...

A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté ...

A new species of chiton — a tiny, armored marine mollusk from a lineage roughly 500 million years old — has been identified ...

As America marks 250 years, conservation efforts are helping restore bald eagles, box turtles and even burying beetles across ...

Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.

Stand face-to-face with giraffes, watch zebras roam, and explore one of Illinois’ biggest zoos just outside Chicago.

Pixar's crew members visited beaver habitats as part of their research.

A routine genetic test in South Korea uncovered Acanthochitona feroxa, a chiton species misidentified for years.