A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of echidnas and platypuses on its head.

We still know very little about the ecology of mesophotic ecosystems, but they support long-lived protected species that form ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found it during a routine survey. Officials stunned by massive creature discovered in ...

Laura Western will graduate from UM’s W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation and the Davidson Honors College on May ...

The rare, prehistoric-looking fish are found mostly in South Florida in U.S. waters. They were thought to be nearing ...

A research project is aiming to find out why the population of a rare UK fish is declining. The Freshwater Biological ...

Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering sperm whale communication. Their breakthroughs could open the door to expanded ...

Snakes, like humans, get out and start moving around when the temperatures start to rise, and for the most part that’s ...

Caleb Scoville grew up in isolated Humboldt County in northern California, known as the "home of the Redwoods" for its old-growth forests. From an early age, he witnessed the tension between ...

More than six months after their first reintroduction into Kansas waterways, the alligator snapping turtles seem to be settling into their new home.

Vermont is weighing a controversial plan to trap and remove beavers from 21 state-owned dams in order to mitigate blockages and ensure infrastructural integrity.