Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest-known first-time mother of her ...

Four 2025 hatchlings of critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo are being hailed ...

As detailed in a study published Monday in the journal PhytoKeys, the plant is a newly described species in the peculiar ...

Newly published research suggests that despite all the pampering corpse flower plants receive from their curators, ...

Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at Philadelphia Zoo ...

United States House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) has introduced legislation that would gut the Endangered Species Act.

Lemurs are the most endangered mammal group in the world. Ring-tailed lemurs are endangered, says the International Union for ...

Protecting animals against environmental changes, poachers, and other dangers is vital yet challenging work. And in recent ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of the elusive 'fairy lantern' genus Thismia in a hill dipterocarp forest in ...

You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly ...

Millions of animals are at risk, but what are the rarest animals in the world? These are some of the most endangered animals, ...

Deep in the dense rainforests of Borneo, a rare feline has long been a mystery. It moves in the shadows, almost unseen, and ...