In an underground cave of southern China, an eyeless river creature with an externally “visible” skull moved through the dark ...

Winter birdwatching is full of surprises, from the daily hustle of familiar visitors to the excitement of spotting an ...

White-feathered birds are a sight to behold. They’re so eye-catching that they can be seen from miles away. Plus, there's ...

For 38 days, Trond Larsen, an ecologist at Conservation International led a team of 12 Peruvian scientists with the help of expert guides from the local indigenous tribe, the Awajún. Over the course ...

Nick Paumgarten on saving a species. Plus: the fracturing of conservative Christians; a film-critic legend on the Hollywood ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

The northern bald ibis was once common in southern Europe, but it was declared endangered in the early 16th Century and finally driven out altogether. Now it is making a comeback. Scott Lincicome ...

AP Photo/Seth Wenig WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle ... Back Zoo in suburban northern New Jersey, said the ...

The northern bald ibis, hermit ibis, or waldrapp lat.Geronticus eremita is a migratory bird found in barren, semi-desert or rocky habitats, often close to running water. Royalty-free licenses let you ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Residents and nature enthusiasts are in for a rare treat as over 40 bald eagles were spotted on the backwaters of New Cumberland. Just up the road from Mountaineer Casino ...

Bird watchers are flocking to southwest Kansas after the appearance there of a Ross's gull, a rare species generally found only in Siberia, Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska. "This is a really ...