Ancient DNA pulled from colorful feathers inside a sealed Peruvian tomb has revealed that pre-Inca societies ran a sophisticated long-distance trade in live parrots, ferrying tropical birds hundreds ...

Wondering about the most dangerous birds on Earth? We've compiled this list of the Top 20 scariest birds — some that have ...

We now know that those losses aren’t just growing – they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture and expanding communities are changing the landscape.

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny insects, named for their frog-shaped bodies and powerful jumping legs, are so ...

Beginning April 1, 2026, guests at the Greensboro Science Center (GSC) can step into the lush, layered world of a tropical rainforest with "Rainforest Adventure", a fully interactive traveling maze ...

Forests are a force of nature. Nearly three-quarters of the world’s population uses non-timber forest products, such as food, fuel, and medicine. Forests harbor most of Earth’s terrestrial ...

Camera trap footage from Costa Rica’s dry forest captured a rufous-vented ground-cuckoo, agami heron, and green ibis far ...

Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.

A study led by the University of Alicante (UA) reveals that the degradation of tropical dry forests alters vertebrate scavenger communities. Published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation, the ...

The Guam kingfisher was extinct in the wild. Through coordinated breeding, cultural consultation, and careful reintroduction ...

Conservation has long depended on measurement. Populations are counted, habitats mapped, trends plotted against baselines ...