Deep inside the world’s longest cave system, scientists have uncovered two terrifying extinct predators that once prowled a ...

Rock climbers in Italy stumbled across evidence of what appears to be a sea turtle stampede that took place nearly 80 million ...

It’s a phenomenon that was called the Homogenocene even before a similar term growing in popularity, the Anthropocene, was ...

Deep in the coastal woods of South Carolina, behind high fences, guard dogs, and security cameras, is a group of people who ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

If added to the Endangered Species List, the shark would be the first granted protections under the current Trump ...

Nature often outperforms imagination. While fantasy films rely on CGI and special effects, the real world quietly hosts creatures so bizarre that they seem digitally created. From transparent marine ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Certain areas of the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction are rich in deposits of polymetallic nodules, which contain concentrations of ...

After reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes, scientists have now split the single ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are nowhere to be found. From human activity to climate change, new animals ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...