The released birds are the closest living relatives of the extinct Arabian ostrich. The flightless animals' return is part of ...

Extinct in the wild since 2002, several ʻalalā have survived their first year since being released on the Valley Isle.

An injured butterfly can now fly after a wing transplant from a dead insect. The monarch butterfly was brought to Sweetbriar ...

Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

SAN DIEGO — In a huge win for wildlife, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has added its first-ever insect to their Frozen Zoo. There are over 11 thousand cell lines, representing more than 1,300 ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Did you know monarch butterflies migrate through Southern Nevada? Now, there might be even more fluttering through the Las Vegas Valley thanks to a conservation initiative stemming ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

The Pennsylvania Senate should support the recently-passed H.B. 441, which would amend our state’s Wild Resource Conservation Act of 1982 to give Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural ...

This surgery was a total metamorphosis! An injured monarch butterfly with a ripped-off wing is able to fly again thanks to a first-of-its kind transplant at a nature preserve on Long Island. The ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...