The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Plant species that was presumed to be extinct reappears after nearly six decades - Small Australian shrub with delicate pink ...

Most amphibians die when exposed to salt — except the crab-eating frog, which thrives with it. Here’s how it rewrote the ...

After reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes, scientists have now split the single ...

Many semipalmated plovers and dunlins ran along the sand while sanderlings darted in and out of the water. Herons, egrets and ...

There are many types of penguins, a family of flightless aquatic birds that live primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. Read ...