Despite conservation efforts, Puerto Rico is still home to 16 species that are considered threatened, endangered, or at risk ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles North Carolina and Tennessee. It spans more than 520,000 acres and includes ...

Especially when some of the world's best bird-watching can be found within America's borders, in places as pretty as northern ...

The exhibit includes a smell-based interactive, highlighting the range of odors ants use to mark trails, raise alarms and ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

A multi-agency study in Merced and Stanislaus counties records bat echolocation to map diets, detect white-nose syndrome, and ...

Numerous bird species call the park home, some endangered. Northern snapping turtles crawl the grounds. Ospreys have returned. Great Egrets, Little Brown Bats, Tree Swallows. Red-Tailed Hawks. Fish ...

Isle Royale National Park's remote location in Lake Superior dramatically impacts the kinds of animals you'll find there.

Copper is essential to modern technology. But Smith Valley residents worry about a mine’s effect on their water ...

A global study of over 1,100 species reveals an evolutionary reason why females consistently live longer than males.

That’s exactly what happens when you visit Mohican State Park in Loudonville, Ohio – a verdant wonderland that somehow remains one of the state’s most magnificent treasures hiding in plain sight. Ohio ...

French Creek State Park stands as one of the largest contiguous forests between Washington D.C. and New York City, a verdant oasis amid the otherwise developed corridor of the eastern seaboard.