The giant snails of New Zealand are big, slimy, and at risk. Park rangers in New Zealand have spent over a decade trying to save them, and now, they're getting results.

The Missouri River is one of the largest river ecosystems in North America. Here are examples of the diverse species it supports.

The Tennessee River, one of the most important waterways in the South, sustains hundreds of species in the water, air, and ...

Everyone loves fireflies, the famous light-emitting insects that flit through gardens on summer evenings! They form the ...

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world's ...

Scientists on an Indonesia island found a “giant” creature caught in a trap, the area’s first sighting of an endangered species, photos show. Photo from Hasan, Rahmawati, Guntoro, South, Valen, Tamam, ...

Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...

Myoporum thrips are harmful to the native naio plant. Photo courtesy state Department of Land and Natural Resources An invasive insect that attacks native naio plants has been found on Kauai, but ...

An industry based on insects’ natural recycling abilities could help limit the environmental damage from our food system. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...

Three more of Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo’s gigantic troll sculptures, made from reclaimed materials, have been unveiled in the Ocean State EXETER, R.I. — An estimated 5 million people a year ...