The east coast of Scotland used to support a thriving population of oysters, including the Firth of Forth. But WWF Scotland said the species has been absent from the area since 1957. At the same time, ...

Utah biologists have characterized D. woaabi, the first of two nematode species recently discovered in the lake’s ...

Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Meet animals that grow for a lifetime, sometimes for centuries, and discover why dinosaurs did not, despite their huge size.

Quick Take Rocky the California Sea Lion survives gunshot wound, ruptured eye, and malnutrition before release back to the ...

It's peak bulking-up season for white sharks in Monterey Bay, and over the past week, two animals previously tagged by ...

The Kolahoi Glacier is rapidly shrinking, with its snout retreating nearly 900 meters and about 25% of its total area already ...

Have you ever called an alligator a crocodile or thought a llama was just a fancy alpaca? It happens to the best of us!

Research reveals how natural selection shaped the Bajau sea nomads’ spleens to boost oxygen delivery, helping them dive for ...

From Santa’s reindeer and the Hanukkah armadillo to some very festive sea worms, our changing world is changing life for ...

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

Shane Limbaugh (He/Him) is a Contributor from the US. While he hasn't been writing about games for very long he has certainly been playing them. His degree in Game Design and Criticism let him better ...