Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists wish to ...

Two tiny sea creatures with translucent bodies found on the California coast are both new species. They’re sea slugs, part of ...

Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. The new species was ...

Scientists found a pregnant 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite in a mountain forest and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Edgar Lehr via Lehr, Lundberg, Cusi, Sites Jr., Torres ...

Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...

The volcanic island of Bioko, about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, northwest of mainland Equatorial Guinea, is carpeted in ...

Sea otters, or Enhydra lutris (their scientific name), have recently been spotted making kelp forests their new home. Sea ...

One of the world's most enigmatic animals is found in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest. The Kermode bear (Ursus americanus ...

When thinking of Canada, you might imagine snowy mountains, lakes and spectacular wildlife. Nature lovers, here are 20 animals in ...

Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried ...

Here is the list of most breathtaking and beautiful butterfly species in the world. The black swallowtail, also known as the eastern black swallowtail or American swallowtail, has black wings ...

Hikers in Papua New Guinea heard the “harsh” sound coming from the treetops and followed it. Take a look at what they discovered.