More than 5,000 undescribed animal species have been discovered in the depths of a massive "pristine wilderness" in the Pacific Ocean, a new study shows. But researchers warn they could soon be ...

Scientists caught a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” in a trap at a Peru national park and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Pedro Peloso, shared by Robert Voss In the ...

Everything on Earth depends on seeds. And how are we going to do that?'" Hagedorn said. Hagedorn and her team want to do something similar for animal cells, but they need colder temperatures.

Scientists found big bottom-dwelling fish with wide head, long snout in rivers of Yunnan & discovered new species: protos catfish, study said & photo shows.

More than a third of animal and plant species in the U.S. could go extinct while more than 40% of ecosystems are at risk of collapse, a new report from a conservation group has found. The report ...

Giraffes are facing serious threats as the population has fallen sharply from more than 150,000 individuals in 1985 to around 98,000 in 2015. The dramatic drop is largely attributed to habitat ...

Researchers just mapped and published the genomes of 51 animal species, from fish-eating crocodiles known as gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) to fierce cloud leopards (Neofelis nebulosa). These ...