The El Paso Zoo celebrates the birth of spring babies, including Inca tern, Magellanic penguin chicks, and more.

According to experts, the ghost orchid is a flowering plant that is only in Florida and western Cuba. It is described as a leafless plant that attaches itself by its roots high up on trees, making its ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the rare ghost orchid, found only in Florida and western Cuba, as an ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. A new ...

They’re big, like an overweight Peruvian dog,” is how photographer Santiago Romaní describes giant otters (Pteronura ...

A species that was hunted to local extinction made a comeback on its historical range, scientists who witnessed the ...

Sea turtles may be on the diet for tiger sharks, but one lucky sea turtle made a quick getaway with a little bit of help.

Beneath the ocean’s surface, a gentle giant cruises through the ocean with purpose. The North Atlantic right whale, one of ...

Habitat destruction has been the most common threat to endangered species in the U.S. since 1975. If the administration ...

Kazakhstan said Wednesday it will authorize the hunting of saiga antelopes, once an endangered species that the government ...

The Gulf of Mexico is a large basin with around 617,800 square miles of water. The area supports diverse marine life, ...