A handful of male capuchin monkeys have been caught on camera abducting babies from another species, baffling the scientists who study them. Over a 15-month period, five male capuchins were seen ...

“That’s because the moment I saw them, I knew they belonged to a new species.” Submarine caves, formed primarily through the submersion of limestone caves and erosion, can prove hazardous to ...

The Trump administration’s attempt to weaken the Endangered Species Act is easy to criticize. This month, it proposed a rule that would limit what constitutes “harm” under the law to only ...

Further observation of the video and cross-checking among researchers revealed that the small figure was actually a monkey of a different species — a baby howler. “I was shocked ...

New York is home to 17 snake species, three of which are venomous. The three venomous species are the timber rattlesnake, copperhead, and eastern massasauga rattlesnake, each with distinct ...

Rural Alaskan and Canadian communities are trying to get along with the large mammals Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Treading carefully through yellowing aspen forest in southeastern ...

China has witnessed a steady increase in populations of rare and endangered wild flora and fauna, with over 200 animal species entering a stage of restorative growth. The progress was revealed by ...

Health officials are warning about increasing numbers of an invasive ant species in the southeastern United States. Fox Weather reports that the Asian needle ant, a species that was first ...

Snowy owls and tropical kingbirds. Across North America, three-fourths of bird species are in decline, according to a sweeping study of avian populations published Thursday, the latest sign of a ...

SINGAPORE - A rare butterfly species has set hearts aflutter in the wildlife community after sightings of the black-and-yellow winged insect at the Botanic Gardens emerged on social media this week.

Senate Democrats are raising the alarm over the proposed change to the definition of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A group, including Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.), Cory Booker (N.J ...

A large, multicolored orb arachnid, called the Joro spider, is causing a stir in the media thanks to its arrival and rapid spread across the United States (U.S.). Read on to find out where this ...