Nature is home to incredible organisms, each with a unique role in maintaining biodiversity.When any of these organisms begin ...

A new study on climate adaptation in the Pacific pocket mouse—North America's most endangered mouse has been published in ...

The world's smallest lizard and other tiny lizards in the world represent the most amazing evidence offered by nature as ...

In Beacon Valley, one of the most Mars-like regions on Earth, Ariel Waldman reveals hidden ecosystems that persist despite ...

A Necedah petting zoo owner has been looking for her escaped kangaroo Chesney since he left his brother Kenny on Wednesday morning. Debbie Marland said Chesney jumped his 8-foot enclosure and took off ...

A biological wonder lives in the leaf litter of the dry forests of the Dominican Republic; the Jaragua Dwarf Gecko (Sphaerodactylus ariasae) was long .

Deep within the dense foliage of Papua New Guinea lives the world’s smallest vertebrate. Meet Paedophryne amauensis, a ...

One of the world's smallest baby antelopes has taken her first steps at Chester Zoo - where she stands barely taller than a ...

Jonathan -- the world's oldest land animal -- lives! NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Joe Hollins, veterinarian of 194-year-old tortoise, and Nigel Phillips, governor of St. Helena, about a crypto hoax.

One of the original restaurants at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is shutting down for good to make way for a new debut. DinoLand U.S.A. is being transformed into the highly anticipated Tropical Americas ...

When Olive was first found, she was so small she could fit inside a coffee mug, alone and far too young to survive on her own. Her rescuer stepped in immediately, providing round-the-clock care and ...