Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...

Hailed as a 'botanical miracle, the critically endangered species emerged in an area previously dominated by forestry ...

The planned drawdown of Detroit Lake could bring major complications for the drinking water systems in Salem and Stayton.

That story, first reported by the Crawford Avalanche, contains statements from eyewitnesses claiming to have seen a panther-like animal in the area.That story and others like it make up the heart of a ...

So that's a pretty big decrease," she said ... energy industry say that protections for the owls would harm their business, but the species has temporary endangered status while the state Fish and ...

Woolly mammoths had a slightly shorter version of the gene, which the researchers believe may have contributed to its ...

It is hoped an endangered species of duck in Jersey could breed later this year to help boost its population, the island's ...

A woman in Pennsylvania spotted a rarely seen animal, a wild ermine (also known as a stoat or short-tailed weasel) in a ...

A Greek charity has been treating dozens of orphaned, sick and injured Mediterranean monk seals, rare marine mammals whose population had dwindled so dramatically that the species at one point faced ...

Urban birds, from robins to feral pigeons, are also bolder. In a 2008 study scientists found that urban birds are more ...