With each passing year, species across the United States face an uncertain future. As habitats continue to be destroyed, climate change destabilizes weather patterns, and invasive species take over ...

Giant squids are the largest invertebrates on Earth yet they remain rarely observed alive Scientists now understand that their biology is adapted for deep dark environments far from human activity The ...

Two environmentalist groups want an end to Trump administration foot-dragging when it comes to the beleaguered monarch butterfly.

Picture this. Someone tells you they own a full-grown bear. Odds are your first thought is not “Oh, how wonderful!” It’s probably more like, “Is that even legal?” or “Who thought that was a good ...

WASHINGTON— Two conservation groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety, today sued the U.S. Fish ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

A 2025 survey in the forests of Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia uncovered several rare and endangered animals.

A study published in the journal PeerJ, conducted by a researcher from the Institute of Systematics, Evolution and ...

Researchers and volunteers in Texas documented birds of different species preening one another. Experts say the behavior may be more common than documented.

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

“Stop hiding animals in weird places on your body and then trying to sneak them through airport security,” the agency said in a social media post. TSA’s 2025 list highlights bizarre airport security ...

US Places Named After Animals: Place names often tell stories about geography, wildlife, culture, and history. In the United States, many towns, cities, and communities have names inspired by animals.