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The critically endangered bulloak jewel butterfly is only found in pockets of Queensland's Southern Downs. Conservationists who have been working to protect it are delighted by an increase in the population.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — She called it cute, the microscopic single-celled organism on her microscope slide. She said she liked its little hairs, and the way it swam beneath her lens. Looking through her microscope, Mya Breitbart found one of the ciliates — this type of single-celled creature — and…

Scientists have found the source of a mysterious outbreak that killed sea urchins across the Caribbean last year

As recently as December 2022, 196 countries signed an agreement promising to “live in harmony with nature” by 2050 and to “halt and reverse biodiversity loss” by 2030.

"It was cutting right into her neck so she probably couldn’t feed. She was quite thin"

Rod Saunders and wife Rachel, who were world-renowned botanists, were found dead while on a trip to a remote region of South Africa in 2018.

Andy Schmid managed to swim away from the mouth of a giant humpback whale that appeared out of nowhere in a crazy near-miss moment off the coast of Skjverøy in Norway

Wildlife groups and government agencies are trying to mobilize sharp-eyed humans for Colorado Bat Watch, a campaign launched this month to help biologists find bat roosting sites fast enough to save bats from proliferating perils, including the deadly white-nose fungus.

New research shows how species boost the amount of carbon stored in their ecosystems – and why protecting them is vital, says Matthew Gould, CEO of the Zoological Society of London

Scientists at WA's World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef are breeding extra-tough coral capable of surviving climate change-induced mass bleaching events.

A Hong Kong university team says it has discovered a new species of box jellyfish in the city's Mai Po Nature Reserve, the first discovery of the venomous species in China's waters.