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It turns out humans aren’t the only ones checking out what their neighbors are doing when looking for ideas on how to make life easier. All species adapt and evolve in a variety of ways. In fact, convergent evolution is...

The state of Illinois has started a campaign to encourage more people to eat the invasive carp fish. This project is an effort to save local species that have been threatened since its introduction in the 1960s to remove...

Scientists discovered 212 freshwater fish species in 2021, according to a new report by the conservation organization Shoal. At a time when we hear so much about animals going extinct, the report is a happy reminder that...

Plants that people do not need will be pushed to extinction, according to a new study. The paper, published in the journal Plants, People, Planet, found that plants rarely used by humans are being pushed to extinction faster...

The latest heat waves are concerning for birds, whose eggs could be damaged from the skyrocketing temperatures. When extremely higher-than-normal temperatures occur in a region and prevail for several days, there is a possibility...

Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP), a project initiated by the Tasmanian and Australian governments to preserve endangered Tasmanian devils on Maria Island, has backfired after the predators killed seabirds in large...

Scientists from Queensland Museum have announced the newly discovered and deliciously named chocolate frog. This adorable creature lives in hot, swampy areas of New Guinea, according to a paper published recently in the Australian...

A new report by the World Wildlife Fund in association with the government of Mexico shows that there is a drastic decline in the number of monarch butterflies hibernating in Mexico...

From hefty tuna to tiny anchovies, most of the world’s favorite fish species are found in the oceans. But in the recently published World’s Forgotten Fishes Report, 16 global conservation organizations make the case for...

A total of 503 new species were discovered by scientists at London's Natural History Museum in 2020. According to the scientists, the COVID-19 pandemic did not stop the work of identifying new species at the museum....

The Burmese roofed turtle has been saved from the brink of extinction. The turtle had not been seen for over 20 years, leading many conservationists to assume that it was extinct. But in 2001, one Burmese roofed turtle was...

Last year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the school shark as critically endangered. But that hasn’t stopped it from being regularly sold in Australian fish shops.[...]

The International Union for Conservation (IUCN) has uplisted the North Atlantic Right Whales from endangered to critically endangered. This move now raises concern about the possible extinction of these whales. The Right...

The Earth is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, and it’s picking up speed. New research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences updates the threats first detailed in a 2015 study.[...]

The world’s largest and perhaps most destructive mining industry is rarely discussed. Approximately 85 percent of all material mined from the earth is a simple and widely available resource: sand. Because it is so cheap...