Meanwhile, Brazil’s Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples, or Funai) estimates ...

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...

Palm Beach Zoo has unveiled its newest Malayan tiger as part of the zoo's expansion of its tiger conservatory.

Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world—and this could ...

In tropical forests, endangered species inside protected habitats are still in danger from threats from beyond their ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

It is not a real surprise that the smallest birds in the world belong to the family Trochilidae, commonly known as hummingbirds. However, even within the hummingbird family, there are large ...