Truth is, we don’t know how the Tree of Life will fall, and we don’t know when. It could happen in five years, in 40 years, ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

The Legend of Oriental Pied Hornbill is China's first documentary on the rare species. It narrates the conservation story of ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

“Mushrooms are the only fruiting body of a fungus that is underground. We can’t see that fungus, but we are familiar with the reproductive part of some fungi in the form of mushrooms,” says Shreyas ...

The notion of bringing vanished species back to life—some call it de-extinction—has hovered at the boundary between reality and science fiction for more than two decades, ever since novelist ...

City officials have nominated the head of a local animal-rescue group to be the next director of Memphis Animal Services. Suzy Hollenbach, founder of the All 4s Rescue League, took over as director on ...

WACO, Texas — The Cameron Park Zoo in Waco has welcomed its newest star, Thora. According to the zoo, Thora is a Southern Great Hornbill, a type of large bird native to southern Africa. Thora ...

In the natural world, longevity is a fascinating puzzle that varies dramatically across species. While humans work tirelessly to uncover the secrets of a long life, some animals naturally enjoy far ...