On an island of southeastern Indonesia, scientists dug a hole in the forest and installed a wildlife trap. A while later, they checked the trap and found an armless creature caught inside. They didn’t ...

Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound—that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, ...

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

South Carolina’s Morgan Island, also known as Monkey Island, has the largest rhesus monkey colony in the US. It was also ...

Gama embodies the resilience and adaptability of nature’s most elusive predators.” The new book will feature 20 stunning ...

It can be hard to keep track of which animals are rodents; it can also be difficult to track which animals fall under the label of mammal. If you’ve ever wondered whether rodents are mammals, you’ve ...

My recent Tapestry column on the Helgason family’s bear hunting camp at Terror Bay generated a lot of interest.

Narraganset Bay's seal population has been steady over the past several years, while the Block Island population has increased.

Scientists find that Aleutian Island passes and the northern Gulf of Alaska remain key feeding grounds for this rare whale To locate endangered North Pacific right whales, scientists listen for their ...

Destinations are diverse — ranging from Denali, backcountry lodges, bear and wildlife viewing areas, glacier landings, wilderness fishing spots and national parks.

Whether you’re in Juneau, Ketchikan or any of the other towns dotting the coast, you’ll never forget time spent here.