When a species comes off the Endangered Species Act list, is that the end of the story? No. While a win is a win, it’s never the end; responsibility for these species often shifts to states, Tribes, ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Earth is home to an astonishing diversity of species that provide food, medicine and other infrastructure necessary for the existence of humankind. Given intense competition between species for ...

Quick Take Conservation failures occur when the whole picture isn’t addressed and threats persist as populations decline.

When species interact with each other, they do not evolve separately, but do so together. This process is called coevolution. Natural selection favors predators that are better at capturing prey, and ...

Over the years, we’ve turned research, anecdotes and everyday experiences into a whole constellation of stories about the way we impact our world. Still, some voices may be missing from the ...

People sometimes introduce animals and plants into new areas. When these harm their new environment, we call them invasive species. In some places, invasive species have changed the natural world ...

The animal kingdom is a wonderful and wacky place filled with creatures with all sorts of unique abilities, ranging from walking on water, holding their breath miles beneath the ocean and even living ...

Ludwigia which is currently unmanageable in France, is an aquatic plant native to South America. It can spread rapidly and the very dense mats which it forms can present a threat to many aquatic ...