The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

Earth was the kingdom of giant insects. As time went on, they eventually went extinct, and then dinosaurs entered the scene. But what if that never happened?

A large group of brown penguins spotted at Morro Bay, California, is a welcome sight as they continue to recover from ...

Despite the high stakes, the tiny caterpillar in the lab in Albuquerque, N.M., was not given a name. It’s the last known ...

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

SAN DIEGO — In a huge win for wildlife, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has added its first-ever insect to their Frozen Zoo. There are over 11 thousand cell lines, representing more than 1,300 ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

The Species Recovery Trust is committed to removing 50 species from the brink of extinction in the UK by 2050, a mission that ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.