Australia is mostly known for its sunny beaches, friendly locals, and world-class wine. All of that is true, but it also has ...

Biologists attached tiny recording devices that looked like mini backpacks to bats. What they found revealed a surprising ...

She had spent the morning checking bat boxes, wisps of greenery getting tangled in her wiry grey locks. So far, she had come up short on her annual survey.Then she let out a cry: "Oh, we have bats!” ...

With the face of a Muppet and the physique of a Furby, the Kākāpō is an all-around preposterous creature. It’s nocturnal, ...

The biggest berry bloom in New Zealand’s forests in decades has set off a mating frenzy among the critically endangered ...

LUCENA CITY, Quezon — Environmental protection advocates in Quezon province have called on the government to take decisive action against escalating threats to wildlife. “As we celebrate World ...

An 11-year, $11 million expansion is expected to be completed in May and will allow the staff to care for more than 3400 animals, reptiles and birds a year.

Deep into the Panamanian night, the forest hums with sound. Chirping insects form a steady backdrop, rain softly trickles from leaves. Somewhere above ...

Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, ...

Environment / Books & the Arts / James C. Scott’s last book, In Praise of Floods, asks if it’s too late for humanity to ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

Last year, Maro and his colleagues estimated wild chimpanzees’ alcohol intake based on the amount of fermented fruit they eat ...