There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name ...

A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region's majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen's nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution.

“Handsome Man and Oliver have been here for 67 days. Louise? 101,” the shelter continued. “She was surrendered with her ...

Chelsea Leu is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in The Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and elsewhere.

The peony, that soft-ball sized blossom in brilliant red, shocking pink and crisp white, is one of my favorite spring blooms.

A brutal cold snap in January left hundreds of the state’s turtles cold-stunned. And a gender imbalance among new hatchlings ...

Four super-rich tech leaders gather for a poker weekend in a mountain mansion while AI technology leads to global chaos in ...

In a nutshell Stone Age humans extensively harvesting whale products 20,000 years ago — roughly 1,000 years earlier than previously known — using at least six different whale species along Europe’s ...

The conflict between protecting endangered species and supporting vital cultures is at play in other places as well. In ...

Call me crazy, uneducated, or what-have-you, but I thought the ancient Megalodon shark was just a myth. A fabled creature, ...

Cristopher Cichocki evolves the elements of ecology through light, sound, and post-industrial debris at The Elemental in Palm Springs.

She was found with a heavy load of epibiota including barnacles, algae, and other sea creatures ... Georgia for months. The... Mishi and her human had been best friends for 13 years; yes, since the ...