Researchers identified over 100 species that have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last two decades: "This is a wake-up ...

The River Ribble is one of the UK’s longest rivers and flows for a journey of 72 miles (116 kilometres) from its source at Gayle Beck, near Ribblehead, to its estuary near Lytham.

In particular the field of systematics, until recently, has relied almost exclusively on the morphological species concept of the nineteenth century. Systematic difficulties have in turn ...

LDWF said if you think you have caught a Chinese mitten crab, let them know by reporting any sightings to their Aquatic Invasive Species Hotline at (225) 765-3977.

Invasive species are any plant, animal, insect or plant disease not native to a specific location that can cause harm to the environment, impact the diversity of native species, reduce wildlife ...

The discovery of thousands of species unknown to science raised concerns about unintended impacts, but it also highlighted an unsettling fact about our relationship with the natural world ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory ancient species ...

Scientists have been searching for the species since it disappeared in 1933. Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.

Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world -- and this could drive an even steeper decline in the planet's species, according to ...

“Ivory-bill!” he recalls shouting, now certain that the bird was an ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), a species that hasn’t been definitively identified in the wild since 1944, and ...

If you want to get downright buggy, pick up this wonderful collection of insect tales from the "Bug Bowl" guru, Tom Turpin. After you're through, you'll know more about the six-legged kingdom and its ...