An ancient murrelet (a small seabird) was spotted in Banff National Park, Alberta, for the first time in 14 years.

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

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

A rare hyena wandering through the skeletal remains of a ghost town has earned South African wildlife photographer Wim van ...

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

The binturong, also known as a bearcat, is neither bear nor cat and is native to rainforests in Southeast Asia.

Otters, beavers and dormice are among the threatened wildlife which could be put at risk by new planning proposals, green ...

Carson was diagnosed with Poorly Differentiated Chordoma in January. It is an extremely rare type of cancer, on his skull.

Melanism makes these animals striking but elusive, blending perfectly into the night. Learn how genetics and evolution made ...

Since it was first described by scientists in 2017, the Tapanuli orangutan, one of the world’s rarest great apes, was ...

A local photographer has captured stunning photos of a rare, ethereal creature in the Bay Area wilderness: an albino deer.

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