The first Friday of each month at 12:15 p.m. in the Mary Duke Biddle Room, the David M. Rubenstein Rare Books & Manuscripts Library turns to a new page in the bible of North American ornithology: “The ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

“Chinstraps are declining globally,” Martinez said. “Models show that they might get extinct before the end of the century at ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago.

Hidden deep in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, a vast cliff face covered in ochre figures has turned a remote canyon into one ...

Andean condors are the biggest raptors in the world — and are vital to their ecosystem ...

Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went ...

A plant thought extinct for 58 years has been found again in Australia after a chance upload to a citizen science mobile app.

It was a challenge due to the lack of knowledge about the creature. Officials announce plans to reestablish population of ...

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to ...

South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho’s latest Mammal Red List paints a mixed picture for wildlife conservation, with worrying ...