Traditional Native dancers listen to longtime activist Leonard Peltier speak during a welcome home celebration held Wednesday ...

The law authorizes the president to withdraw offshore areas from oil and gas leasing, as eight administrations, including the first Trump administration, have routinely done. However, the law does not ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

A rare close-up photo of Jonathan, the 192-year-old Seychelles giant tortoise, has gone viral. The striking image highlights ...

Conservation groups today filed the first environmental lawsuit against the Trump administration to protect oceans from offshore drilling. One set of groups is challenging an illegal order by ...

Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) was born. Although his exact birthdate is unknown, ...

Did you know that many animals have much longer lifespans than humans? Greenland sharks, bowhead whales, koi, and red sea urchins may all live hundreds of years. A clam called the ocean quahog has ...

Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - Dolly, the oldest rhinoceros in the United States, has died at the age of 56. Officials at Zoo Knoxville announced her death on Thursday. “This is an emotional time ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (BLOOM) — In a moment of triumph for marine conservation, Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) successfully released six rehabilitated sea turtles this past week, marking a ...

Greenland sharks have been identified as the longest-living vertebrates on Earth ... and exceeded the known lifespan of the 211-year-old bowhead whale. What are the challenges faced by the ...