When males are forced to compete for females, new species form more rapidly. This has been shown in a new study where the ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and monitoring of several iconic shark and ray species ...

Approximately 10 per cent of India’s total geographical area—totalling 3,19,675 sq. km—comprises low-elevation semi-arid Open ...

What happens when a species is the only of its kind? This phenomenon is called a monospecific taxon. Studying these special ...

A long-lost Bolivian killifish has been found alive, revealing a globally important hotspot for seasonal killifish diversity at risk from deforestation. Researchers have confirmed the rediscovery of ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, came into force 50 years ago and remains one of the most ...

By monitoring the movement, health, and environmental conditions of thousands of animals at once, Project ICARUS hopes to ...

Let your tree be the star. For Thompson, this means choosing a live one that reaches the ceiling. The floral-and-garden expert selected a silvertip fir, which grows with plenty of space between the ...

Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off ...

The second instalment in Williamson’s A Language of Dragons series sees Vivien Featherswallow embark on a journey to track ...

A new report on the conservation status of New Zealand's freshwater fish is the most comprehensive yet, sharpening focus on ...