The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...
A Wyoming ranch dog dragged home a small masked carcass one September night, and the local taxidermist took one look before ...
In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
Why large numbers of reptile species face extinction and what that means for our ecosystem. Globally, about 20 percent of reptile species are facing the threat of extinction. That ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...
Learn more about Herugavialis cairensis, an extinct crocodile species whose fossil came from the same rocks as the Great ...
It is a rare bee barely the size of a grain of rice, but the Hylaeus navai is an example of a species that could have been ...
The Justice Department’s Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) yesterday filed motions for summary judgment in four cases defending challenges to a rule rescinding the regulatory definition of ...
Pennsylvania officials are reviewing five species for the endangered and threatened species list while tracking invasive ...