Scientists found a pregnant 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite in a mountain forest and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Edgar Lehr via Lehr, Lundberg, Cusi, Sites Jr., Torres ...

Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” eyes scanned the surroundings — but it wasn’t the only one looking. Passing ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.

Ever since the Upamayo Dam on Peru’s Lake Chinchaycocha was built in 1932, floods have become a frequent occurrence in the ...

Over many years we have discussed our native animals becoming pets. The Huffington Post ran a story recently of a family (actually mum) who were raising an orphaned Kangaroo joey and the drama ...

Amanda Plank joined Black Pine Animal Sanctuary in January, and she hopes to increase visibility and recognition of the 18-acre sanctuary in Albion. Black Pine hosts 70 species of animals in its ...

The particular subspecies that is native to the Philippines is locally referred to as ... The tree’s trunk is covered with spikes to protect it from potentially destructive animals. The “red” in the ...

These animals, often teetering on the edge of extinction ... The vaquita, the world’s rarest marine mammal, is a small porpoise native to the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. With fewer than 20 ...

It turned out that Queensland's Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is allowing a company called Endeavour Veterinary Ecology (EVE) to use animals for scientific purposes. 'Specific details ...