Bog turtles are North America’s smallest turtles, measuring about the length of a human thumb. They’re also one of the ...

The word jaguar comes from the South American Tupi and Guarani languages. A likely origin is the word yaguareté, meaning “true, fierce beast.” DESCRIPTION: The largest cat native to North America and ...

Pollution from the world’s currently operating oil, gas, and coal fields, if developed, would push warming well past 1.5°C, bringing dangerous extreme weather, flooded coasts, wildfires, human health ...

In response to a petition and lawsuit by conservation and animal protection groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today ...

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. and international advocates held a press conference Saturday at the COP29 climate ...

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

CHARLESTON, S.C.— Nine states still allow unlimited commercial harvesting of some or all native turtle species, contributing to export practices that threaten the survival of wild populations, ...

Despite their dainty appearance, desert kit foxes are hardy animals, well adapted for living in the hot, harsh desert habitat from which they never stray. This cat-sized kit fox subspecies has long, ...

Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

TUCSON— In response to a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed ...

Did your childhood include swallowtail and monarch butterflies fluttering through your neighborhood? Caterpillars chewing backyard leaves? Warm summer nights with fireflies blinking in the bushes? The ...

A new Environmental Protection Agency evaluation finds rodenticides are pushing at least 78 endangered species toward extinction. The decision released Friday assessed 11 active ingredients found in ...