In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

He’s trying to ‘fill the holes’ of research on a peninsula better known for its beaches and marine life, and to help build a ...

Researchers suspect that dark-eyed juncos living in Los Angeles adapted based on the availability of food scraps tossed by ...

In small island states, conservation has often depended less on formal institutions than on vigilance: watching harbors, ...

A living database reveals why the global count of mammal species keeps changing - and why accurate naming matters for ...