A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Each state in the United States has state symbols that come in the shape of animals, songs and fish, among many others. Most ...

Nature in the Neighborhood Yes, I know, there’s still snow on the ground but Spring is rounding the bend and warmer temperatures and brighter days are coming. Nature in our neighborhood is waking up ...

The Mississippi River flows for around 2,350 miles through the heart of the US. It drains an area of 1.2 million square miles – that's roughly 40% of the country – and at certain points is 11 miles ...

A rare peatland in the Okanogan Highlands is the focus of a $1.5 million fundraising campaign being launched by the Okanogan ...

Discover the brain science behind how birds learn to sing, from song nuclei to social cues and critical learning windows.

Hoppers,' Pixar’s latest animated adventure, stars a furry crew of creatures (and humans) with famous voices like Jon Hamm, ...

In Madagascar, frogs are not background noise. They are a measure of how much forest still functions. The island holds an ...

Lost fossils reveal that some of the first ocean predators went global astonishingly fast after Earth’s worst extinction.

Scientists have discovered that a widely recognized Amazonian antbird is not one, but five distinct species—including two ...