A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author Robert Cowie of the ...

A Hawaii County law that came into force this month (January 2026) bans the feeding of feral cats on county property. The law ...

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Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia's extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with ...

Johannes M. Luetz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Splat! The first protester smeared a tray of apple crumble onto the case containing the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. Next came the custard. Slop! Then the earnest slogan, from two nervous ...

On a lawn inside the Bronx Zoo, rows of headstones display multiple animal species, making for an eerie display during the month of October. An Instagram post from an account known as Inside History ...

For years, several scientific reports have suggested that Earth may be entering another mass extinction event. These predictions often rely on extending extinction patterns from the past 500 years ...