How scientists (and the rest of us) are finding 16,000 new species a month.

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

There are twelve species of true foxes in the world, and they live in a wide range of habitats, on every continent except Antarctica. They vary widely in size and appearance. One of the most striking ...

DNA is revealing that many animals once thought to be a single species may actually be several hidden ones. But research on ...

Roughly 1 million species of wildlife face extinction worldwide, according to a recent United Nations report. Ecologist and author Rebecca Nesbit joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the ethics and decision ...

RALEIGH – An interdisciplinary group of researchers is proposing a new way to think of some interactions between species, classifying a variety of plants, animals and fungi as “nature’s chefs.” ...

An interdisciplinary group of researchers is proposing a new way to think of some interactions between species, classifying a variety of plants, animals and fungi as "nature's chefs." Specifically, ...

Intact ecosystems have the capacity for self-regulation, which keeps their complex structure of species—such as animals, ...