If forced out of their natural habitats, they risk upsetting the balance of the ecosystem. Officials startled after finding ...

WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to global levels in nearly 100 countries.

New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure ...

The team found the molecule porphyrin causes the fur of bandicoots, quolls, and possums to glow bright pink under black light. Meanwhile metabolites of tryptophan produce a blue shade. Sometimes the ...

Strange and exotic animals have always captured the imagination of people worldwide. But when a photo of an unusual, fluffy ...

After a challenging medical journey and months of expert care, a beloved longtime resident of the Houston Zoo has made a ...

A mystery has been building in the Caribbean. Decades ago, fossilized teeth were discovered in Cuba dating to about 18 million years ago. They were small but tapered, sharp and serrated. They were the ...

A sperm whale beached in Beaufort County, SC over the weekend was euthanized by officials overnight Sunday. Crews worked May ...

Scientists in the South China Sea scooped up some muck, sifted through it and found the “rarely encountered” animal. Take a ...

The silver-cheeked toadfish is an invasive species that's spreading fast in the Mediterranean, causing big problems for local ...

While pain management was the most commonly reported reason for consuming ghost pipe, survey respondents reported that they ...

When scientists label a whale’s death as part of an unusual mortality event, or UME, that doesn’t mean that the whale’s cause ...