A new and unexpected challenge has emerged in Kenya, threatening one of the most iconic predators: the lion. This challenge ...

Without elephants, the savanna would quickly lose its diversity and vibrancy ... while fallen leaves become homes for beetles and worms. Figs are often called “keystone species” because so many ...

Without elephants, the savanna would quickly lose its diversity and vibrancy ... while fallen leaves become homes for beetles and worms. Figs are often called “keystone species” because so many ...

SAVANNA, Ill. — A well-known Savanna, Illinois, business is remembering one of their own after she was killed in what authorities have confirmed was a murder-suicide. 52-year-old Shelly Leab was ...

More information: Jose Avila-Cervantes et al, Novel island species elucidate a species complex of Neotropical crocodiles, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108341 ...

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a counterintuitive place home: a spider’s lair. The species, dubbed the “bone collector” by the University of Hawaii scientists who discovered ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki examined this change using data collected in nationwide species monitoring of birds, butterflies, forest vegetation and phytoplankton. "Our research shows ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing a change to the Endangered Species Act that environmental groups say will kneecap habitat protection and lead to extinction of vulnerable ...

Scientists in Canada found some insects “sunning themselves” on plants, analyzed their DNA and discovered a new species. Photo from MacDonald, Dupuis, Glasier, Sissons, Moehrenschlager ...

It's a modern real-life tale of David vs Goliath set to music. The activism of the people of the rural community of Covas do Barroso against a British lithium mining giant will be shared on the ...

To prevent extinctions, we need to start addressing the big gaps in our national threatened species list, argues Hugh Possingham, the Biodiversity Council’s Co-chief Councillor. Ninety-seven per cent ...