New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...

Echo Bluff State Park in Eminence, Missouri is that rare gem – a 476-acre paradise where towering limestone bluffs meet crystal-clear waters, and somehow, miraculously, the secret hasn’t gotten out.

But some refused to evacuate during the hazardous lava fountaining episode.

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles are among the most endangered species of sea turtles in the world. They reside along the east and Gulf coasts of North America, alongside some of the world's most active ...

On Wednesday, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach opened an exhibit where visitors for the first time can watch sick ...

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Your simple guide to the dozens of national and international animal awareness days, weeks, and months.

In the middle of the day two young girls left the relative safety of their school. One has fair skin and the other brown. They searched the dumpsters behind their ...

January doesn’t skimp on cosmic sightseeing. The month begins with a vibrant supermoon, continues with the year’s best Jupiter view, and ends with multiple moon-planet conjunctions. Aurora activity ...

It’s not seaweed. They’ve been called the “lungs of the sea.” And while certain marine microbes could also compete for that ...