A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

More than a dozen critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are being treated in Central Florida after a cold snap ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

One day in August, 1875, a grayish-blue parrot was shot on a small island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. It was the last time a Rodrigues parakeet was known to be seen alive. In the first and ...

Researchers found remains of a thriving marine community that existed at the beginning of the Dinosaur Age in the Arctic ...

Twenty million years ago, the Swiss Plateau region, or Mittelland, was an ocean in which dolphins swam. Researchers at the University of Zurich's Paleontological Institute have now discovered two ...

For the last 10,000 years, thousands of species have perished from the Holocene extinction event, which is still ongoing. Unfortunately, due to human activity, around 150-200 species become extinct ...

Manta rays are surprising locals and tourists as they show up on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. According to Focus on Travel News, these endangered species are migratory and spend their spring and ...