Bay Area botanist Heath Bartosh was exploring the grassy ridgetops of Vasco Hills Regional Preserve in eastern Contra Costa ...

The caper-fruited tropidocarpum, a green plant with a small, yellow flower, was found on a ridge top in Contra Costa County’s ...

The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena bringing new life to the Namib Desert.

Authorities have arrested three Taiwanese nationals after discovering dozens of rare animals stuffed into nylon stockings and ...

A very rare species of an endangered bat has been found nesting in a derelict church on Portland – believed to be the first ...

The photo “of an alleged N. hurum clearly depicts a (Nilssonia formosa) and thus constitutes the first photographic voucher of this critically endangered species from India,” researchers wrote in an ...

The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu ...

Bukit Tinggi forest is home to nearly 100 nationally threatened plants. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The creature was discovered in August when Pender Island resident Kathleen Durant was walking her dog and came across what ...

A mosquito-borne virus more common in South America has been detected in the United States. Health officials say the ...

Rhizanthella is an extraordinary orchid that lives its entire life underground, a fact which highlights its unique and ...

Senior ministers have pointed the finger at species such as bats, spiders and snails for holding up development of new ...