The National Park Service recommends keeping at least 75 yards away from large wild animals for good reason. That guidance ...

After nearly 80 years, a long-lost creature thought to have vanished from the Australian landscape has been spotted once ...

Houston Zoo has begun multi-year upgrades to its Africa habitats, adding new features for animals and guests through 2027.

From disease-spreading mosquitoes to venomous scorpions, here are the deadliest insects in India and why they pose serious risks to humans.

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

This column represents my participation in the 126th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Overall in Connecticut 20 CBCs were held from Dec. 14, 2025 to Jan. 4, 2026, part of the world's largest citizen ...

W ashington is an unlikely place to go looking for endangered species. Yet in addition to imperilled spotted turtles and ...

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction ...

Professional python hunters spotted something strange happening in a South Florida pond. They soon realized they might be the ...

Explore how New Mexico’s black bears went from wildfire survivor stories to a powerful emblem of resilience and conservation.

The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.