The pet birds earned their name because of a tendency to form lifelong bonds with their mates, perching close together, ...

Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery in the Umm Jirsan lava tube system in northwest Saudi Arabia, unearthing ...

California photographer and conservationist Krystle Hickman is on a quest to document hundreds of species of native bees, which are under threat by climate change and habitat loss, some of it caused ...

The stunning Sierra Nevada red fox is one of the nation's rarest and most critically threatened mammals, with fewer than 50 ...

With fewer than an estimated 120 Arabian leopards remaining in the wild, coordinated global action is essential to prevent the extinction of one of the world’s rarest big cat species.

Thanks to environmental groups’ efforts to protect and restore habitat in the Carrizo Plain, native species such as the giant ...

Peninsular bighorn sheep have long migrated between California and Mexico, but plans to close gaps in the border wall may ...

The National Park Service is on the hunt for a boneheaded driver who ripped rare plants during a joyride through Death Valley last month. The suspect left behind more than five miles of tire tracks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plants grow among solar panels at the Gemini Solar Project, near Las Vegas. Courtesy of Tiffany Pereira A rare desert plant is ...

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months Oregon State University A rare animal that was previously believed to be extinct has been ...

Remote and unforgiving, the Gobi Desert is not a place often associated with signs of new life. Spanning southern Mongolia into northern China, its terrain is defined by scarcity: of water, vegetation ...