Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat.

Scientists in Colombia have discovered a new species of scorpion, Tityus achilles, which can spray venom to defend itself ...

Artificial intelligence is making conservation efforts faster and easier in the fight for total pest eradication, with new traps able to tell predator from protected species.

Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean sponge once thought to be extinct in the wild. But their excitement ...

Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living ...

The Langdons want to preserve wildlife habitats on their ranch, but it all comes at a price. GRANBURY, Texas — On Fall Creek ...

Brazilian and British researchers have observed that a small crustacean that changes color according to the marine vegetation ...

The red sand boa is a non-venomous snake that thrives in dry scrublands and grasslands that offer loose sand the snake can ...

In the quiet cliffs of Stevns, Denmark, a 79-year-old amateur fossil hunter split open a piece of chalk last November and ...

Every year from April to November, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is on the Great Lakes, surveying the ...

The first whole genome study of mitochondrial DNA and high-resolution scans of nuclear DNA from endangered shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic Ocean show relatively high genetic diversity, despite ...

A team of international scientists, led by researchers from the University of Otago, has introduced a new method to improve ...