The coypu has become a true nightmare for European ecosystems. This exotic, harmless-looking animal has rapidly invaded many ...

Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is taking a toll on migrating sandhill cranes and other waterfowl as the deadly ...

Gabon’s biodiversity is among the largest and most diverse wild ecosystems in the world, with nearly 90% of its territory ...

A team of Chinese scientists has used targeted gene editing to develop rice that produces coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a vital ...

These spillovers can be problematic as they can drive buyers to seek exotic pet species from other countries or even continents ... which may threaten not only native wildlife but also human health.

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the “hard steps” model argues that our evolutionary origin was highly unlikely due to the time it took for humans to evolve on ...