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The deaths within days of 11 sturgeon, a species unchanged for thousands of years, have puzzled scientists

The genomes of cetaceans help tell the story of mammals who returned to the life aquatic

‘At this moment there seems to be more shark activities in our beaches,’ rescue authority says

Researchers are finding chemicals that have not been fully tested for their environmental impact in eagles, owls and falcons – a sign of widespread, persistent pollution

There’s a new season’s beauty in the Fens, but also signs of altered behaviour by flora and fauna stressed by the milder weather

The woman had been on the edge of a group and began screaming as the shark bit into her and vanished again

Suburban hummingbirds, a surprise greenback walleye from the Kankakee system, a nugget on the Illinois pheasant forecast, and Illinois’ longest-lived Canada goose are among the notes from around Chicago and beyond.

Hardy aroids are so much easier to grow than their exotic and expensive cousins – but they look just as good

The fire, which started last Monday, is burning grasslands in the far north-west of South Australia.

Athletic and agile. Patient yet persistent. Two cheetahs in the Masai Mara national reserve in Kenya show how a successful hunt is accomplished.

Days after more than 200 whales became stranded on a remote beach on Tasmania's west coast, authorities complete the mammoth task of towing the carcasses — together weighing between 500 and 600 tonnes — out to the deeper waters of the Indian Ocean.