Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the evolution of urban animals and plants.

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy Arctic, too.

Conservationists have to search rough terrain and thousands of automated photographs to find the elusive cats. Artificial intelligence can help them work more accurately and more efficiently.

They look like devils and hence are called pez diablo in Spanish, but these demonic objects are dried and mutilated versions of living rays known as guitarfish.

African pangolin exploitation might be motivated more by local demand for meat than international demand for scales.

Recent research explores what drives this human behaviour.

Our proposed system of coloured pawprints would provide consistent countryside guidelines for dog walkers.

The spiny mammals are on the decline, but they hold the secrets to biodiversity in their local areas.

A new archaeological study finds early evidence of white-tailed deer declines in the 17th century, likely driven by the commodification of deerskins under colonial capitalism.

Species-rich islands are in the crosshairs of stronger storms as the climate crisis escalates.