The Latest Breaking News on Nature

Critics have blasted the federal government for "failing to grasp the urgency" of tackling potentially devastating invasive fire ant incursions.

While the public's trust in news is at a serious low, Rogan's Trump episode showed why he's not the solution

The Western European hedgehog -- the prickly, nocturnal critter people love to encounter in the garden -- is in decline, mowed down by cars as its shrinking habitat forces it to move ever closer to humans.

More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published Monday.

The mammals were once common across Europe but urban development has pushed them towards extinction

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said hedgehog numbers are thought to have shrunk in more than half the countries where they live.

The Endangered Species Act is a generally useful thing. It's protected loads of animals, bugs, and other critters from going extinct since its inception that otherwise would not have been protected. And the way that it succeeded in keeping multiple species alive should be applauded. 

A forest in Ecuador could be credited as the co-author of a song

Haldon Forest, Devon: I’m drawn to the mosses on a tree stump, each species taking its own portion of the bark

Researchers gain deeper understanding of bird migration in study that could have ‘profound’ implications for windfarms

Fossil fuel exploration is threatening an ever-expanding swath of the Coral Triangle, one of the most biodiverse marine areas in the world, a report said Saturday.