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.

Just a century ago, North America’s skies held species now gone forever. From passenger pigeons to Carolina parakeets, these ...

The vast American wilderness holds many secrets, and sometimes those secrets include animals that science says shouldn't be ...

Check out some of the wide variety of wildlife that lives in Itasca State Park, Minnesota that you might encounter on your ...

According to Prof Pask, one of the key goals of Colossal Biosciences in bringing back extinct species would be to reintroduce them to aid in re-balancing the natural ecosystem and conserving the ...

A viral post from @kansaswildlifeexhibit shows baby snapping turtles emerging from their nest and heading for the water.

Montrose County is moving to prohibit the introduction of nonnative animal species, in a move that specifically mentions ...

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...

The world we share with countless species is growing smaller, and for some, it’s already too late. Over the past century, ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.