Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.

An investigation traces arrival of nine large factory trawlers to B.C.'s coast in recent years, claiming some may be involved ...

Home to countless bird, fish and plant species, the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe make up in wildlife what they lack in ...

The Colorado hookless cactus has been removed from the endangered species' list, thanks to four decades of conservation efforts.

UNITED STATES officials proposed last week to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act. The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the ...

The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in North America and one of the heaviest snakes on the ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Hundreds of tiny endangered fish slipped from orange plastic buckets into a glittering lagoon in Malibu on June 17, returning ...

The transcriptome (or sum total of the messenger RNA) of the white shark showed greater similarity to the human transcriptome ...

Scientists working in Colombia have discovered the largest snake on the planet, an animal that blows away previous records.

The success of the test has proven that mature individuals in the artificially bred Yangtze sturgeon population have the ...

Western quolls and brushtail possums were reintroduced to the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park 10 years ago, and ...