Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon's Willamette River Basin, missed a deadline set by Congress to produce a report on how the dams are affecting ...

Some animals seem to defy the laws of nature, and scientists are still puzzled by how they survive. From creatures with ancient DNA to species that should have gone extinct millions of years ago, ...

It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

For more than 80 years, the Chel snakehead was thought to be extinct — until a team of researchers rediscovered the rare fish in India.

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...

Researcher Laurenne Schiller says "it's not rocket science" that recovery for threatened or endangered species in Canada is driven by stopping the primary cause for their decline.

Despite making up more than 70% of the Earth's surface, seas and oceans are largely unknown to science. It is estimated that we do not know even half of what happens in the aquatic ...