Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss.

The blue-ringed octopus is a tiny sea creature that looks beautiful and harmless. It has bright blue rings on its body that ...

Standing to benefit are animal groups threatened by habitat loss or human activity that could be better protected with better ...

The first complex animals to have ever existed arose during the Ediacaran period (635–540 million years ago). Before then, less complex and single-celled organisms, like sponges and cyanobacteria, ...

said that freshwater habitats are home to 10 percent of all species on planet Earth. Sayer warned that those animals are a “key” factor for flood control, safe drinking water, and mitigating ...

The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans has a way of catching our attention ... that they might develop ways to breathe outside of water and eventually hunt terrestrial animals like deer, ...

Affectionately known as the “leaf sheep” or the “Shaun-the-sheep slug,” this little animal-plant hybrid is a unique specimen, indeed. At first glance, this tiny sea slug—measuring just a ...

Why it's incredible: The group of islands is the most remote inhabited location on Earth. Tristan da Cunha is a group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean that is home to the world's most ...

The blob was bigger than others, and it looked as though two of the jellies had merged into one. (CNN) Auto news: Time called on long-running family car after 22 ...