The coastal marten is about the size of a ferret and lives in heavily wooded forests.

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

A proposal intended to expedite land use and development permitting would restrict the types of evidence state agencies could ...

A study by the Center for Biological Diversity published today in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ found that 2,204 species around the United States should be considered for protection under the ...