An entirely new plant species, known as a "wooly devil," has been discovered in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This is the first new plant genus and species to have been discovered in a U.S.

Some visitors to El Paso’s open space preserves in Northeast and West El Paso are creating their own trails and damaging the ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to ...

Habitat loss is the biggest threat to endangered species in Massachusetts, according to wildlife experts. A new interactive map allows residents to see which threatened or endangered species might ...

Desert Diaries podcast is hosted by Daniel Carey-Whalen from the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens and features Kevin Floyd, Botanical Curator. Season one covers desert critters ...

The president wants to convene the rarely used panel, which has the power to carve out exemptions to the Endangered Species Act. Here’s what to know. By Catrin Einhorn In at least two executive ...

In a reversal of its previous stance, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender as an endangered species, capping a lengthy quest by conservationists and ...

Incas died at the Cincinnati Zoo, leaving behind mysteries over his death, his final resting place and the factors that led to the extinction of the Carolina parakeet Sarah Holzmann The creature ...

Unsurprisingly, El Paso's hot climate is a result of its location in the Chihuahuan Desert, which extends through parts of western Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Mexico. The Centennial ...

Palm Beach Zoo has unveiled its newest Malayan tiger as part of the zoo's expansion of its tiger conservatory The Latest President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry ...

When many were fleeing the California wildfires, Randy Savvy jumped into action and drove into the fires to save endangered horses. Savvy, founder of the youth advocacy nonprofit group ...

Investigators with the NTSB and members of the salvage crew recovering the wreckage of a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter and American Airlines plane in Washington, DC. Ntsb/UPI/Shutterstock ...