Imagine a world where burly Norse warriors discover a new continent—and then just... walk away. Wild, right? Get ready for a ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

A flesh-eating parasite known as New World Screwworm is moving closer and closer to the US border in Texas. The devastating parasite eats cattle and other animals alive and has travelled north from ...

The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in North America and one of the heaviest snakes on the ...

During the years after the Civil War, America embraced an economic philosophy called laissez-faire, celebrating the notion ...

Animalia 75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says. Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

On November 22, the United States Department of Agriculture temporarily halted the import of cattle from Mexico after a flesh-eating parasite was detected in animals in southern Mexico. Before the ...

There are 49 species of pine tree native to North America. Non-native species have also been introduced to the United Sates, as ornamental trees in landscaping. View Article Sources ...

First English Settlers In North America Had To Eat Dogs To Stay Alive When times were tough in Jamestown, dog was the only thing on the menu. ... herding animals, and physical protection.

A new, giant-horned species of dinosaur was discovered that researchers said is the "largest and most ornate" of its kind ever found, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PeerJ. ...

The box turtles, native to eastern North America, were found at a nearby international mail facility in Los Angeles about a week prior, ... Their job is to keep the animals alive, she said.

These whooping cranes embody one of North America’s greatest conservation success stories. Yet they remain the rarest of 15 crane species found throughout the world and are still endangered.