The Mississippi Aquarium crew celebrated the hatch of their first penguin chicks at the aquarium. African Penguin Chick 1 ...

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave the beach and when they return to coastlines nearly grown — a span of about ...

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian ...

A rare Malayan tapir calf was born at Point Defiance Zoo over the weekend. This marks only the second time this has happened ...

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was ...

Monarchs across the continent face mounting threats, chief among them vanishing milkweed, the host plant for the insect's ...

A developing winter storm could bring a potentially crippling ice threat from the Midwest to the Northeast, and the West ...

While bald eagles are no longer endangered, conservationists remain vigilant. Ongoing monitoring, habitat preservation, and ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — ...

Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene ...