The illegal trafficking of wild animals and plants has become a huge threat to the world’s biodiversity. Wildlife trafficking ...

The mystery of how related flightless birds ended up so far apart on different continents may have been solved.

A nocturnal bird in Australia has been so elusive that scientists long thought it was extinct. But the story of this endangered species isn't actually over.

It's a heartwarming story. Experts celebrate as rare birds make surprising comeback after years of absence: 'We are overjoyed' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The Endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is one of the rarest birds in Australia, with fewer than 20 known alive ...

His expeditions, including many to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, yielded rare findings and led to exhibitions at the American ...

Occasionally, something that defies the laws of logic and probability hurtles towards the ground, and it can be downright ...

A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists ...

A research team led by Prof. Huang Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of ...

A landmark study in China covering 42,703 families affected by rare diseases across 32 provincial regions of China has established a new diagnosis framework for rare diseases. It offers new hope to ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. production of crucial components in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets is set to expand rapidly in the coming years, as the Trump administration intensifies ...