In a study of local rivers, experts have discovered more invertebrates - animals without a backbone, such as insects and snails - living on litter than on rocks. In a study of local rivers, experts at ...

"Vertical migrators buck the basic narrative, which is based largely on studies of coastal animals," Seibel said. As the oceans warm squid and other vertical migrators living in tropical zones are ...

Beavers are among the most prominent ecosystem engineers. Their dam-building activities divert and stagnate streamflows, flooding adjacent areas, and forming new wetlands that provide habitat for ...

While site fidelity may be beneficial for animals when environmental conditions don't change very fast, those benefits may not be realized in the ever-changing world dominated by humans, researchers ...

What’s more amazing, a tiny nectar-drinking bird that weighs less than a nickel and can fly backward, or a giant carnivorous lizard that can smell a dying animal up to six miles away? They’re both ...

The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species on Friday, opening ...

Sperm whales live in the remote open ocean. Or at least, that’s what scientists have long thought. The U.S. government’s 2010 recovery plan for sperm whales characterizes their range as “generally ...

The Trump administration today finalized a rule removing nearly all habitat protections for endangered species. This decision will leave imperiled species at even greater risk of going extinct.

When major infrastructure projects are built in rural areas, wildlife is often dislocated and moved out of the way. This is called mitigation translocation, and it is a globally recognized method for ...

Bristol Zoo Project is almost ready to welcome the gorilla family to its new African Forest habitat that's opening on April 1. Less than an hour from Cardiff, Bristol Zoo Project's new home for the ...