As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their hunting grounds are shrinking, food is becoming harder to find, and their ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

Once widespread across Asia, wild tigers now survive mainly in one country. New official figures reveal where most tigers live today, why it matters globally, and what challenges still remain.

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

A new study on African penguins links food shortages and fishing to adult survival losses, raising the risk of extinction.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Brevard near Canova Park on Wednesday. There ...

New research suggests a comet explosion helped cause ice age extinctions, sudden cooling, and the loss of early human cultures.

Great white sharks are at risk of extinction in the Mediterranean Sea, which is among the most heavily exploited fisheries on ...