About half a million years ago, several sloths, armadillos, and horses fell into a sinkhole in Florida’s Big Bend region. […] ...

Local tribes and nonprofits have received a grant to lead the planning effort to bring back the furry mammals, which have ...

Thanks to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, signed by former President Richard Nixon, which makes it illegal to hunt, ...

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

One of the United Nations' latest marine life conservation projects has created a floating rehabilitation center for injured loggerhead sea turtles.

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's effect on California's coastal waters, a new study finds. The team seeks to help ...

Federal data only tells part of the story of how the global wildlife trade is fueling nature loss, a new study shows.

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

According to Lawless, synthetic cuttlefish ink compounds could be made and distributed in water to keep sharks away from ...