A Critically Endangered reptile known only to occur in the grasslands around Melbourne has been spotted for the first time in ...

Too often when we look at the natural world, things can seem gloomy. Not only are the impacts of global warming becoming more and more obvious, we're also in the midst of an insect apocalypse that has ...

What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species." We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply that nobody has ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s greatest extinction. Tens of thousands of fossils reveal fully aquatic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daisy, the wildlife detection dog, found her first dragon after months of training and searching. As part of a program run by Zoos ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The National Museum of Natural ...

Despite Earth's most devastating mass extinction wiping out over 80% of marine life and half of land species, a group of early reptiles called archosauromorphs not only survived but thrived, venturing ...

The crocodiles were the last of their lineage. Unlike their cousins that lurked in the swamps, these terrestrial carnivores trotted around on land, where they snapped at prey with deep skulls full of ...

Reptiles could overtake amphibians as the highest priority for conservation among vertebrates as threats like climate change and invasive species worsen in the future, according to a new conservation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 35 species of falcons roam the Earth’s skies at ...