Next time you hear hooting and it sounds like “Who’s coming for dinner,” take a look in your garden or backyard to determine ...

The fish-eating raptor known for gymnastic dives and whistle-like chirps is an American conservation success story.

The problem: While honey bees are extremely important for agricultural activity — like growing food — they’re also pollen ...

The way in which honey bees pollinate can also create problems for native plant ecosystems. That’s because honey bees often ...

Changes to size, teeth and ears in various rodents in Chicago found to be part of their adaptation to human development.

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is ...

U.S. bird populations are experiencing alarming declines due to factors such as habitat loss and climate change, according to a new report identifying 112 species that have reached a "tipping ...

Wild populations of giant pandas, crested ibises and Asian elephants in China have continued to grow as their habitats and breeding environments improve, the National Forestry and Grassland ...

Whether it swims, crawls, runs or flies, it's not easy to estimate the population of a wildlife species. That challenge is even greater when the animal lives in some of the most remote regions of ...

A recent study found sea otters are eating thousands of green crabs at a California reserve, reducing the invasive species’ population.

Twenty-two populations exist today throughout the species’ range from Massachusetts to Maryland. Many are threatened by development and fire suppression, needing constant, active habitat maintenance.