The Turtle Survival Center, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much of ...

Shark and ray populations are struggling across the world due to overfishing and other threats. A new report delineates 816 areas of the ocean that should be protected to help them recover. The report ...

Mexico is already the world's single largest buyer of U.S. natural gas. But it's building infrastructure that will bring in ...

The Turtle Bank in South Carolina is sheltering Asia’s most threatened turtles. Poaching and habitat loss pushed them to the ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

For a few fleeting weeks each winter, the famously elusive cats emerge from solitude, calling across the mountains in search of a mate.

One of the most remarkable events in the world is the annual mass nesting event on the coast of Odisha, India, where ...

These “walking sharks” can lay eggs without spending extra energy, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about reproduction.

Termites are among the most successful animals on Earth, forming vast societies that can number in the millions. But how did such complex social systems evolve from solitary ancestors that looked much ...

Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...