The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

In recent decades, the conservation of the world’s most endangered species has emerged as an urgent global priority. Despite ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

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

According to Britannica, monk seals all over the world have been hunted extensively for fur, oil, and meat, and while some species are critically endangered, others, like the Carribean monk seals ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

Footage of a seemingly confused orangutan roaming the desolate site of an Indonesian coal mine, metres from excavators, has sparked renewed concern about ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Could one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom possess a cognitive ability ...

Mass extinction events are infamous, entirely destroying many species in one fell swoop. But this particular extinction event ...

Deep below the surface of a river in northern Brazil, a “shy” creature tucked its “armored” body into a rocky crevice. Divers ...

The islet of Marathonisi in Laganas Bay, known as "Turtle Island," is included in the Marine Park of Zakynthos ...