A searing March heatwave, a vanishing spring and Himalayan glacier retreat points to a deeper climate shift now underway ...

Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and ...

Environmental problems such as climate change, global warming, deforestation, extinction of species, water shortage etc… due to explosion of human population are becoming increasingly severe worldwide ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.

Brazil is home to the world’s greatest diversity of amphibians: Of the more than 8,000 species known worldwide, some 1,200 ...

Mountaintops host some of the world's most diverse butterfly species, but climate change could transform these habitats into ...

Because of low birth rates, the world’s population is on the way to declining for the first time in human history.

One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full ...

Protecting animals against environmental changes, poachers, and other dangers is vital yet challenging work. And in recent ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

The northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) is an extravagant waterbird adapted to forage in dry, open habitats, and is ...