In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of a stream is a sign of ...

Visitors to London zoo will soon be able to watch live veterinary procedures inside a state-of-the-art new animal hospital ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. On a remote ...

Privateer spotted the largest animal in the world, a blue whale, while on a marine science field trip near Point Loma, and ...

A new study shows how the extinction of giant animals 10,000 years ago reshaped food webs, with lasting impacts on ecosystems ...

Exactly how did birds evolve from dinosaurs? It’s a mystery that has been with us for more than 150 years, and ...

Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world's largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed ...

Earth's food webs suffer when giant animals go extinct, even 10,000 years later.

Scientists were surprised to discover cassowaries glow under ultraviolet light. It may help the birds distinguish between different species. The casque of a southern cassowary glows blue-green in ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...

While 100,000 drivers barrel down Interstate 25 in Colorado each day, moose, mountain lions, elk, deer, bears and pronghorn are happily hoofing right over their heads. The Greenland Wildlife Overpass, ...