Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and learn what they really are.

Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the world, before they get a foothold.

In Kerala's Western Ghats, scientists have discovered a new butterfly species, Zographetus mathewi, highlighting the region's underexplored biodiversity. This rare skipper butterfly, found in low ...

Scientists discover the Polynesian anemonefish, Amphiprion maohiensis, a unique species living symbiotically with sea anemones near French Polynesia.

Two invasive species of python in Florida have interbred to create a terrifying new hybrid snake that is even better adapted to the Everglades environment, a U.S. Geological Survey study found ...

PFAS have been linked with a range of health issues including decreased fertility, developmental delays in children, and a higher risk of certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases.

Although only one species of hominin (a tribe of the subfamily Homininae) exists on the planet today—good ole Homo sapiens —the human family, throughout more geologically-recent Earth history ...

A Connecticut beach closed for the summer season due to a discovery of several tick species in the water.

The Blanchard’s Cricket Frog, once found in the wetlands of Ontario's Pelee Island, is being reclassified from endangered to locally extinct. Some conservationists warn that recent legislation ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur — one that was dog-sized and roamed what is now the United States around 150 million years ago alongside familiar dinosaurs.

Rachel Maccini, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, shows how to identify the three largest wasp species in New Hampshire and how to safely remove their nests ...