With the TROT robot, researchers can compare evolutionary changes in quadrupeds. The robot is open source and can be ...

Project Psyche set a goal of sequencing genomes of 11,000 moths and butterflies. With 1,000 completed, the goal now seems achievable.

Scientists are rethinking extinction risk as studies reveal how shrinking populations disrupt social connections that many animals depend on.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a ...

Sartore will come to Sarasota this month to show some of his images and share stories of his work in a Ringling College Town ...

A 512-million-year-old ecosystem, frozen in stone, reveals an explosive comeback after a mass extinction no one fully understood, until now.

A rare animal that was previously believed to be extinct has been captured on hidden trail cameras in California, according to a new study Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the “Biological Big Bang.” ...

Scientists studying an amber collection from the Goethe National Museum in the German town of Weimar have made a remarkable discovery. Held within two pieces of the fossilised tree resin are three ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, despite attracting some critics Through gene-editing, researchers in the field ...

This year, at least six animal and insect species moved to the Extinct category of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...