"You’re a long way from anywhere that’s dry." Scientists stunned by new species discovered in West African forest: 'You can't ...

An international team of marine biologists has documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps ...

As night fell across a remote region of northern Australia, a “velvet” creature emerged from a pile of rocks. Its hard-to-reach habitat and camouflaged coloring helped it go largely unnoticed — until ...

Scientists found a spiky creature with “large” brown eyes hunting near a windmill farm and discovered a new species, a study ...

Wandering salamanders control blood flow in their toes to improve grip and detachment, a finding that may inspire new ...

When people think of wildlife trade, they often picture smugglers sneaking in rare and endangered species from far-off ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When people think of wildlife trade, they often picture smugglers sneaking in rare and endangered species from far-off countries. Yet most wildlife trade is actually legal, and the ...

What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear?

A new investigation by wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC has uncovered an “alarming” slew of online adverts offering ...

It also found nine species that have never been recorded in Cambodia before, including the critically endangered large-antlered muntjac, Sokolov's glass lizard and the Vietnamese leaf-toed gecko.

An endangered gecko found in the woodlands ... in threatened species habitat approved for clearing by the federal government. A new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation found 25,768 ...

PHNOM PENH: A new species of gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus khpoh, has been classified as a new species by scientists after being found in a karstic hill in western Cambodia, a spokesperson for the ...