National Park Service officials haven't identified the person or people who illegally drove more than two miles across Eureka ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

Efforts to protect an endangered plant are being pointed to as worsening the Palisades fire, but the org behind this protection says that is not the full story.

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

Authorities state that Eureka dunegrass is a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act, indicating that the plant is "likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future." ...

“I’m saddened that someone would disregard the survival of a rare species for a few minutes of joyriding. There are multiple areas on BLM land nearby, such as Dumont Dunes, which are set aside ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...