Animals at an animal sanctuary and wildlife park near Skegness are enjoying people's discarded Christmas trees.

Scientists discovered that river otter droppings contain large numbers of parasites that infect the animals’ prey, indicating that otters may play a significant role in shaping local food webs.

Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who ...

The fisher, a mink-like mammal, has begun reappearing in Ohio as a natural byproduct of forest conservation practices.

Winter is cold, winter is wind, winter is snow. Winter requires species to evolve, to respond to the snowpack to survive.

Abandoned fishing gear is fouling the water column throughout the world's oceans, in yet another symptom on the overfishing ...

The black caiman is one of the Amazon’s apex predators, a stealthy hunter that preys on mammals using ambush tactics and ...

The holidays are officially in the rearview mirror, which means plenty of teams are at the halfway marks of their seasons and ...

Why is lost and abandoned fishing gear - so-called “ghost gear” - such a serious problem in the world’s oceans? Jill McKay, ...