An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For much of ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

Two species have only been found in a single location each, while the other two are more widespread across the national park.

New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer ...

India is one of the 17 megadiverse countries in the world, hosting an extraordinary array of endemic species, those being ...

For decades, biologists assumed a single ‘turtle tick’ crawled across much of Asia. Now detailed DNA and microscope work show ...

A silver Toyota pickup rolled toward the outbound lanes at the Anzalduas International Bridge like any other southfacing car on the Texas border. To Customs and Border Patrol officers, it didn’t look ...

As habitat loss and invasive predators decimate the Texas horned lizard population, researchers are banking on statewide ...

A suckermouthed minnow, Supradiscus varidiscus, was initially shelved by Museum ichthyologists after it was collected 25 ...

The first documented Western Diamondback from Denton County joins UTA’s ARDRC, filling a key gap in Texas records ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.