Genetic diversity matters for wildlife – and for the livestock on which we depend. Yet breed after breed is disappearing into extinction.

Animals are finely adapted to their native habitats, but when they are introduced to other ecosystems, they can become ...

The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...

In North America, trained dogs inspect watercraft to detect invasive mussels before they catch a ride to new waters. Dogs ...

California's sea otters have become surprising environmental champions by tackling a destructive invasive species wreaking ...

The Spanish funnel-web spider was spotted at a nursery in West Sussex after a shipment of olives from Cordoba was unloaded.

Native to Europe, common wall lizards are growing bigger, faster, and more resilient in Ohio. Scientists say the city itself ...

The growth of cities and other urban areas is set to continue, with future urban expansion predicted to swallow 11-33 million ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants you to control the invasive species in your area. What is a good hunt without eating ...

He said native US freshwater crays were carriers of a pathogen called Aphanomyces astaci. "It's also known as 'the Great Crayfish Plague' because it wiped out crayfish in Europe [after American ...