A comprehensive study of more than 1,100 springs in the American West warns that critical biodiversity hot spots are facing a ...

Scientists have developed a gene-editing technology that could one day wipe out the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito.

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

Every year, species disappear forever. But sometimes, nature delivers an astonishing surprise. Across remote islands, deep ...

The fins of the guitarfish are sold for hundreds of dollars in Asian markets to make soup, a trade pushing them toward ...

Learn more about what fossilized teeth can tell us about the rise of mammals after the extinction of dinosaurs.

For the country's 250th anniversary, Smithsonian curators draw different kinds of maps that tell a story beyond state lines.

A group of volunteers experienced life as if they were wild animals for an innovative nature conservation project co-led by ...

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

Last summer’s gray wolf attacks on Sierra Valley livestock have reignited a broader debate over California’s approach to the ...

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by ...

With a bulging head that looks like it swallowed a gavel, there's no mistaking the animal: It’s a hammerhead shark. Across the globe, there are more than nine hammerhead species, many of which are ...