Biologists have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucat n Peninsula.

Christening a new species is no child’s play. Thousands of animals and plant species are discovered every year. Once these new species are discovered, it is necessary to give them an ...

A truly automated process ROADIES—which stands for "Reference-free, Orthology-free, Annotation-free, Discordance-aware Estimation of Species Trees"—stands apart from existing phylogenetic ...

For years, the Endangered Species Act has been interpreted in a way that preserves the environments where endangered and threatened plants and animals live. A proposed regulatory change by the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — An aggressive aquatic nuisance species was found in a northeastern Colorado river. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, rusty crayfish have been located in the West Fork ...

Understanding more about threatened and endangered species, the roles they historically played in their habitats, and what it takes to protect them can lead to positive outcomes for animals and ...

She first joined PEOPLE in 2025 as a Night Digital News Writer. alexis chappius A species of coelacanth, a fish that dates back to before the dinosaurs, has been photographed in Indonesia for the ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Damage from invasive species is hiding in plain sight throughout Tyler State Park. “The bark is actually stripping away from the tree. You will see that the tree doesn’t have any ...

SINGAPORE - A rare butterfly species has set hearts aflutter in the wildlife community after sightings of the black-and-yellow winged insect at the Botanic Gardens emerged on social media this week.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - On May 2, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) publicly confirmed the presence of the invasive and aggressive rusty crawfish species in the West Fork Little Thompson River.

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrate on the planet, and now scientists have constructed a complete evolutionary tree of the 11,000 or so known species. This data came from hundreds of ...

LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) - Conservationists have released a final guide to safe insecticides to use around endangered species for further harmonization of wildlife and agriculture. Leaders with the U.S ...