An agreement that protected about a million acres of sensitive Arctic territory is back in effect, meaning that this week’s ...

The uneven heating of the Earth is especially prominent as winter turns to spring, which is why March comes in like a lion with roaring winds.

Researchers used 37 years of data to study predation on blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay. They discovered the animals are eating ...

Earth may not host kaiju-level behemoth snakes like Titanoboa or Vasuki anymore, but it still has some pretty large specimens ...

Although dogs were the first animals to be domesticated by humans, other animals have been cooperating with people in ...

During spring breeding season, male wild turkeys in Massachusetts mistake their reflections in cars and windows for rival toms. This territorial defense behavior, triggered by hormonal changes, leads ...

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Wyoming’s Golden Triangle is an ecological wonder, but the management plan protecting it from oil and gas development faces unprecedented attacks.

Sheltering an incredible diversity of flora and fauna, including western lowland gorillas and forest elephants, is a vast, ...

Where Washington, Idaho and Oregon meet, elk are straying from public to private lands, causing conflict and concern. If the Trump administration opens national forests further, it could get worse.

On the Gulf side, the Florida Panhandle Marine Institute and local authorities report roughly 19 dolphin deaths since the beginning of March, with tissue samples already headed to labs for testing, ...

Nick Dauk is a Florida-based travel writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Flamingo Magazine, and The National Post. He’s usually found exploring museums with his children or ...