There are two species of streamertail hummingbirds on the island of Jamaica, West Indies—one with red-billed males (Trochilus ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to over 66 mammals, 240 species of birds, 80 reptiles and amphibians, an ...

On a humid January morning in 2023, deep in the heart of Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park, a baby monkey fell ill. Its skin ...

A team of researchers traced the wild animal source of the mpox virus to the fire-footed rope squirrel Funisciurus pyrropus ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...

Two additional tick species in the U.S. have been found capable of transmitting red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome.

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Duane Hook, a climbing instructor who says he’s been rescuing cats “free of charge since 2010,” said he was volunteering for the Ohio Wildlife Center in April 2024 when he was asked to help save a ...

Gland, Switzerland, 27 March 2025 (IUCN) – The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban ...

By Lauren Leffer Certain species of ground squirrels hibernate underground without any food or water for up to eight months of the year. It’s a super-extreme survival strategy, enabled by a ...

“Richardson’s ground squirrels are a native species to Alberta and an important part of the ... Richardson’s ground squirrels activity in yellow above ground. Red box indicates optimum time for ...

But why does the Channel Island have no native red squirrels - and why does it lack other small species like moles, badgers and foxes, as well as snakes and toads? Dr Ellie Scopes, a population ...