The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Since we're in the 90 day comment period before monarchs would officially be listed under the Endangered Species Act, I thought I would publicly offer my thoughts on the beautiful subjects of my ...

The question of whether cats are a menace for birdlife is under debate again, so just how bad for biodiversity are our ...

South Georgia is a resurrected wonderland of Southern Ocean fauna after the ravages of the sealing and whaling eras. Today it ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

You've probably never seen a Calathus lundbladi ground beetle, but it's up to us to save these elusive little insects.

A study finds that exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides puts a threatened beetle species at higher risk of mortality.

The insects were most likely intended for exotic insect collections, according to customs officials, who say the illegal pet trade is flourishing. By Adeel Hassan The chocolates, potato chips and ...

Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the "poster bird" for our most endangered species.

Scientists found a slender creature with “long” limbs and a yellow belly in Thailand and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Rujirawan, Aksornneam, Yodthong, Pawangkhanant ...

More than three dozen live beetles were found being smuggled into the US hidden in Japanese snacks. Thirty-seven insects were discovered inside potato chips, chocolates and other snacks during a ...