Big cats, birds, primates and pangolins were among the nearly 20,000 threatened or protected animals rescued in a recent ...

Sea turtles have long mystified researchers by returning to beaches where they were hatched, magnetic signals may be the key, new research finds.

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

The push to reintroduce southern sea otters to greater sections of the California and Oregon coast is getting a big boost from a $1.56 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Teeming in a small aquarium, the sea lampreys elicited mixed reactions from the audience. Eel-like and squirmy, with a ...

Between 66 million and 215 million years ago, long-necked reptiles called plesiosaurs inhabited the world’s oceans. By ...

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Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down ...

Daryl Hoffman brings more than 30 years of experience to his new role, which he officially started last month.

People in the comments section were so in love with the little guy. “This heals me in a way I can't explain,” wrote one person. “Hello cutie little baby,” someone else chimed in. “My favorite rescue ...