In nature’s ultimate strategy game, mothers often hold the winning card. From insects that die protecting their eggs to mammals that teach their young to hunt, maternal care defines which species ...

Estimated annual births for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale outnumbered deaths for the fourth year in a ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giants animals, according to scientists ...

The Iowa skipper butterfly, once common in U.S. prairies, faces extinction due to habitat loss and pesticides.

Earth is full of bizarre creatures, with more being discovered each year. As documented in the scientific journal Species ...

A man lies awake, uneasy about something he read online. A dark night. A noise in  the yard. He gets up, looks out the window ...