The African savanna elephant is the biggest of the three species and the largest land animal on Earth. Adult males weigh around 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms, which is 11,000 to 13,000 pounds — or about ...

The Tibetan antelope is a flagship species of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and a key indicator of the region’s ecological health ...

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a ...

Like the dragons of Komodo, these blue dragons, as they're affectionately called, eventually evolved to be the largest native ...

Considering the tremendous efforts underway to save the Galápagos giant tortoise from extinction, it was a curious set of circumstances that found two esteemed veterinarians from Georgia 2,400 miles ...

In a small town called Metetí, deep in Panama’s Darién province, Luis Gutiérrez manages La Reina, or “The Queen,” a cattle ...

The amount of developed land in Connecticut has increased by approximately 20% over the last 30 years while the state’s population has only grown by approximately 11%, data shows.

And we introduce you to two more endangered animals in Illinois. But first, a million people in 14 central Illinois counties rely on the underground Mahomet Aquifer for their drinking water.