African swine fever could drive a dozen wild pig species in Asia to extinction, creating untold damage to rainforests across the continent.

A tiny wild cat newly identified as a species in Bolivia has become an unlikely tourist attraction. Visitors have flocked to ...

McConnell's journey into ichthyology began when she was rejected for an entomology job, leading her to study Malawi's ...

Colombia's biodiversity faces pressure from species introduced, some of which can spread rapidly, displacing native organisms ...

A single African lake produced nearly 500 fish species in roughly 15,000 years, an evolutionary sprint that should’ve taken ...

Our data shows that wild dogs move very differently depending on where they are. Inside protected areas, they move, hunt and rest at moderate speeds. But when they disperse out of protected areas, ...

New GPS tracking on African wild dogs found they could travel long distances to find mates, but more than half did not survive the journey.

Cichlid fishes are famous for large, diverse and replicated adaptive radiations in the Great Lakes of East Africa. To understand themolecular mechanisms underlying cichlid phenotypic diversity, we ...

A baby boom is sweeping the country, and the African penguins at Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach are getting in on the ...

Scientists have found a previously undescribed species of monkey in the rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The enigmatic creatures, called “Likweli” monkeys by locals, are just ...

A new species of monkey with distinctive orange lips and a deep roaring call has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Colobus congoensis, known to local people as Likweli, is ...

In the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), scientists have identified a previously unknown species of African monkey – one of the rarest discoveries in modern primatology. Named ...