A reassessment of the iconic species has “some dramatic implications for how we view giraffe conservation across Africa,” a new study concludes. A Masai giraffe, native to East Africa, is one of four ...

The animals that live on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's sprawling 32,000 acres in Northern Virginia are connected by one thing: the threat of extinction. Tucked away in the foothills ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Indian River Lagoon, a long braid of brackish mangroves and shifting islands, runs along Florida’s Atlantic coast. It is home to 4,300 species, including ...

New classification could trigger urgent protection as three species face threat. LONDON -- Giraffes, long considered a single species, have now been recognized as four genetically distinct species in ...

Scientists found a 1-foot-long predator with “enlarged” yellow eyes in the bushes of a mountain in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty/iStockphoto In the mountains of ...

To the untrained eye, the restored prairie lands of Illinois look exactly how you would imagine they looked hundreds of years ago. But many plant species are still missing, and recent efforts — ...

Oak gall wasps and their predators don't have the panache of butterflies, but they're attracting growing interest among both scientists and naturalists. Only 1 to 8 millimeters long, these small ...

The Spanish Civil Guard on Tuesday said it had dismantled an illegal animal trafficking ring, including endangered or protected species. Two men aged 30 and 35 were found with more than 150 exotic ...

Scientists found a “long”-limbed creature with a “wheat-colored tongue” in a river valley of China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Liu, Wu, Zhang, Yang, Liu, Chen, Chang, Xie ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Trump administration wants to again consider removing protections the agency automatically applies to threatened species, like grizzly bears and bull trout ...

The Alien franchise has always focused on just one titular alien — the Xenomorph. Yes, over the years, we got extrapolations of the Xenomorph, like the Queen, and the facehuggers. Yet they all still ...