The rare and elusive tigers that inhabit rainforests in places like Sumatra depend on dense forest cover for stalking prey and raising cubs. All these big cats face significant threats from rainforest ...

Ever since Komodo National Park was declared one of the new Seven Wonders of Nature and a UNESCO World Heritage site, there ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a “rainbow” creature with “large” yellow eyes. Something about it caught the ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

From pollinating plants to dispersing seeds, birds play a variety of crucial roles that help to keep ecosystems in balance.

Miniature Namib day geckos are considered “small-sized,” reaching about 3 inches in length, the study said. Researchers said they named the new species after the Latin word for “‘smallest’ or ‘very ...