From penguins to bonobos, queer behaviors in wildlife are natural and diverse. Learn how animals challenge human taboos and inspire inclusion.

Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as ...

Young chimpanzees are remarkably innovative, inventing tools and improving on ones that adults use—and this technical ...

If current extinction trends continue, global shark populations will lose much of their variety, thereby threatening ...

Prehistoric human babies probably looked just like their parents from the moment they were born. Not only would this have ...

An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But ...

The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew marks its 25th anniversary. It stores over 2.5 billion wild plant seeds from around 40,000 species to guard against extinction. Opened in ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

The rare species of prehistoric predator was found in southern England. A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, according to ...

Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist ...

The National Park Service defines an invasive species as something that can cause harm to the environment or economy, along with human, plant or animal health. Additionally, all invasive species are ...

Megaraptorans were known for their elongated skulls and powerful claws. Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered a new predatory dinosaur -- the fossils of which contained a crocodile bone within ...