By making the Arctic less ice-covered, climate warming has increased both shipping traffic and the risk of oil spills in the ...

For centuries, extinction has been viewed as permanent. Once a species disappeared, it was considered gone forever, surviving ...

The findings suggest that early hominins may have gotten as much as 66 percent of energy from sweet food such as fruit and ...

Scientists in Cornwall are drawing national attention after discovering a tiny red seaweed species that has never before been formally identified.

Across six conservation areas, there are 35 families of jays in habitat-specific territories. At this outing nine juveniles ...

During its July meetings, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission made decisions on two long-standing debates around its ...

Biodiversity loss has been among the central topics in public, policy and scientific debate for several decades. While its accelerating pace and impacts are well recognized, translating the vast ...

Holotypes serve as the physical blueprint for a type of species. Instead of acting as a perfect blueprint, it is a reference point that glues a scientific name to a specific “type” or organism. For ...

A new fossil pea crab species was named after Bill Prochownik, an icon of the local paleontological community in Calvert ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ended endangered species protections for a Texas lizard after a lawsuit by state ...

Ultra-processed foods have become one of nutrition science's biggest villains, blamed for everything from obesity to heart ...

Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists For many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal ...