We are often so keen to encounter this animal that ambition overrides the accuracy of our observations, writes Mark Cocker.

Let’s face it, some animals have cooler names than others. For example, how could the blobfish ever hope to compete with the ...

Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Imagine standing on the warm sand, the Atlantic Ocean lapping at your toes, listening as the seagulls call to each other, and ...

OARRA, founded in 2020, normally sees 129 dead sea creatures in L.A. County a year. As of May 6, the group has attended to 273 animal mortalities — more than double its normal yearly number ...

Conservancy of Southwest Florida and directors of the new Great Canoe Races of Naples want to make the race and associated ...

A new atlas catalogs nearly 11,000 bird names, revealing their origins, meanings, and the surprising stories behind how birds ...

There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name just a few. But we have little understanding of the holistic nature of ...

EDGEMERE, Rockaways (WABC) -- Bird lovers rejoice: it's nesting season for the piping plover, one of the cutest and most vulnerable native birds living along the New York coastline. The next few ...