When similar species coexist, they often evolve differences to reduce competition, a process called character displacement. This study provides rare evidence of character displacement in action ...

The Species at Risk Act (SARA) establishes Schedule 1, as the official list of wildlife species at risk. It classifies those species as being either extirpated, endangered, threatened, or a special ...

The wild population of boxer pupfish in Mexico appear to have gone extinct, conservationists say. A 28-year-old was man detained in Lima, accused of trying to transport endangered spiders ...

Most famously known for his work on the Alien franchise, Hans Ruedi Giger (H R Giger ... The iconic Xenomorph, an unrelenting alien species from the Alien franchise, was based on two lithographs ...

CLIMATEWIRE | More than a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, according to findings by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The group said that its first ...

Involved: Jacques Cronje. Ayanda Ndamane/ Independent Newspapers Owner Stanley Giger told Judge Robert Henney that on the day of the incident, he had arrived at the popular nightclub at around 10pm ...

New research has revealed that species that are more social live longer and produce offspring for a greater time-span. This is the first study on this topic which spans the animal kingdom ...

Paleontologists have identified fossils of an ancient species of bug that spent the past 450 million years covered in fool's gold in central New York. The new species, Lomankus edgecombei ...

Climate change is altering species distributions across the world, and this is particularly marked in the Arctic where warming is occurring most rapidly. Researchers at Durham University ...

Pixabay Trees are in trouble: More than one-third of known species around the globe are at risk of disappearing, according to a new assessment. On Monday, the International Union for Conservation ...

The Earth is home to an incredible diversity of bird species, living in practically every habitat, from the open oceans to the arid deserts. In some parts of the world, these animals have adapted and ...

More than a third of all tree species worldwide face extinction, threatening ecosystems, plants, animals and economies around the world, experts warned Monday. In all, 38% of trees are at risk ...