For 38 days, Trond Larsen, an ecologist at Conservation International led a team of 12 Peruvian scientists with the help of expert guides from the local indigenous tribe, the Awajún. Over the course ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The gene is called NOVA1, and in our own species, it is remarkably unique. While ...

In just the last decade, the U.S. has officially declared five species extinct, marking a tragic loss for biodiversity. Once a part of American ecosystems, these animals vanished due to habitat ...

For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...