During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today's Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Unlike today's icy ...

There are many cute endangered species, and sadly their charm endangers them even more, like these 25 cutest animals that are ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Unfortunately, as the world changes, some animals just can’t evolve quickly enough to make it, and they go extinct. This has been happening since the earliest life forms on Earth. Today, humans are a ...

(Gary Braasch / Corbis) When Polynesians arrived at the uninhabited Hawaiian Islands thousands of years ago, they found an array of colorful tree snails, each less than an inch in length, across the ...

Following five seasons with virtually no nests, the Pacific coast of Nicaragua is seeing the return of leatherback turtles.