You’ve probably seen a headline or two about an invasive species taking over. Perhaps you’ve seen a sign warning of ...

Snowy owls are beautiful and lovable, just ask any Harry Potter fan. But paparazzi are making their life difficult, and ...

A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected ...

For most of human history, the night sky has been a shared inheritance, a source of wonder. Now, more than a billion children ...

Overview: A Landmark Year for Biodiversity The 12-month period from February 2025 to February 2026 was one of the most consequential in IUCN’s history. Against a backdrop of rapidly accelerating ...

Boneyard Beach on Big Talbot Island near Jacksonville is that secret, and trust me, the universe did good work here. Here’s ...

Castlewood Canyon State Park in Franktown, Colorado is one of those places that makes you do a double-take and wonder if someone forgot to tell you that Colorado secretly contains portals to Mars.

Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

The newly discovered fish fossil fills a key gap in our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate diversity.

The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant ...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers identified 10 new species and seven new groups (genera) of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths. While new species are frequently discovered, the description of a new ...

Scientists found five hidden species using color, mimicry, and clever camouflage to avoid detection.