One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

In the canopies of a South American rainforest, a tiny soldier termite has stunned a team of international scientists with ...

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In his book "One Hand Clapping," Nikolay Kukushkin explores explanations for how consciousness evolved, and ultimately, what ...

There's a new dinosaur species on the block. An international team, including a biologist from Penn State Lehigh Valley, ...

Less than 20 specimens of the newly-discovered 'fairy lantern' are known to exist—making it critically endangered.

Researchers have confirmed a new jaguar in southern Arizona, marking what they say is the fifth big cat over the last 15 ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

Four species of the rare parasitic flower Rafflesia are blooming simultaneously in Bengkulu, a highly unusual phenomenon and ...

A group of Chinese ecologists has recently quantified the overall biodiversity outcomes of China's forest restoration efforts ...

The Trump administration has moved to roll back protections under the Endangered Species Act. See what animals advocacy ...

The brook trout, the only species of native trout in Connecticut, will soon be afforded greater protections under state ...