Jiří Patoka This recent find coincides with another crayfish discovery: Two other species were newly described in North Carolina this month. Like the “dusty” aquarium crayfish, they had ...

For decades, conservationists have pushed for changes to U.S. 64, a busy two-lane highway to the popular Outer Banks that ...

Shark sex is a bitey business, with males grasping females with their teeth during the act. The resulting wounds are helping scientists to figure out when and where sharks are doing the deed.

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WBTV) - Prepare for an influx of cuteness at the North Carolina Zoo ... It wasn’t immediately clear if both otter species would be placed together at the zoo.

An otter family of six will be moving to a new home shortly, leaving the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (NCAFF) to ...

“These two imperiled North Carolina species aren’t found anywhere else on Earth, so they need protecting now before it’s too late,” said Perrin de Jong, a North Carolina-based staff attorney at the ...