Rhinos, which are among the most endangered land animals, face near-unlivable climate change-related rising temperatures in southern Africa, a recent study found. Start the day smarter.

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

The echidna — fittingly known as the spiny anteater — lives entirely on land, is covered in pointy quills and has rear feet that face backward, kicking up dirt as the animal burrows into the ...

Some of the UK's rarest wildlife is being "torched alive" and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass fires, ...

The Trump administration plans to revise the Endangered Species Act, which could affect the Indiana bat, Roseate tern and ...

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