With stunning mountain ranges, flat coastal plains, and the rolling fields of the Piedmont plateau region, North Carolina has a vast array of habitats that are home to thousands of different animals.

Africa's deadliest snakes, the boomslang and black mamba, showcase stark contrasts. While the boomslang, a tree-dweller with slow-acting hemotoxic venom, hunts by ambush, the ground-dwelling black ...

Discover the list of mammals that live only in water, such as whales, dolphins, manatees, and dugongs. Learn how these fully aquatic mammals survive underwater, why they can’t live on land, and what ...

With protection, many of California’s marine mammals — including whales, sea lions and seals — have made remarkable recoveries over the last half-century since bipartisan passage of the U.S. Marine ...

Ancient fossils unearthed in Africa show rock hyraxes dragged their hindquarters for locomotion. This behaviour has been observed for an astonishing 126,000 years. Researchers identified these mammals ...

A sweeping global study reveals that who lives longer, male or female, is written not in the chromosomes but in the battles for mates, reshaping how scientists understand aging across the animal ...

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the longest-standing pieces of environmental legislation in the U.S., credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative leaders feel they ...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. What’s ...

Conservationists in Australia saw several young animals, including a set of quadruplets, from “one of the rarest mammals in the world,” photos show. Screengrab from video shared by Brad Leue / ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

A new chapter is beginning for the Miami Seaquarium as a developer has filed for bankruptcy court approval to take over the troubled marine park's lease. It’s the final week for the Miami Seaquarium ...