In fact, the researchers from Field Museum in Chicago have discovered something so intriguing about one species of octopus, ...

Forests play a crucial role in promoting health and wellbeing, but not all forests provide the same benefits. A large-scale ...

A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal kingdom.

After more than 20 years with the same identity, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens unveiled a new name and logo May 19, rebranding ...

At first, behavioral ecologist Zoë Goldsborough thought the small figure seen on the back of a capuchin monkey in her camera trap footage was just a baby capuchin.

Scientists spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video footage from a small ...

Six years after the last wild caribou in the Lower 48 was relocated to Canada, conservationists and Inland Northwest tribes see a glimmer of hope less than 100 miles north of the border. Nestled by a ...

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is ...

Among the species hardest hit is the monarch butterfly, with its vivid orange-and-black wings and one of the most ...

Get to know the bat-eared fox, an insect-eating creature found in the grasslands and savannas of Africa (and also the ...

Maine has its own state endangered species law, but environmentalists say a proposed change in federal law could hurt some ...

Evidence of this explosion is present throughout the Burgess Shale, leading to its establishment as a world heritage site by ...