The Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, popularly known as Birsa Zoo, on Thursday welcomed a host of new animals including wild dogs (dhole), black swans, grey pelicans, monitor lizards, Alexandrine ...

An exciting new species of lizard, Diploderma bifluviale, has been discovered in the upper Dadu River valley of Sichuan, ...

Reptile species found only on islands are significantly more vulnerable to extinction than their mainland counterparts, yet ...

A newly identified snake species from the remote Great Nicobar Islands is offering scientists a fresh look at the region’s hidden biodiversity. A newly identified species of wolf snake has been ...

Newly analyzed Arctic fossils show that marine ecosystems recovered astonishingly fast after the “great dying.” More than 30,000 teeth, bones, and other fossil fragments from a 249-million-year-old ...

Wildlife smuggling cases threaten ecosystems and communities. As shown in similar cases, invasive species introduced through ...

Scientists discovered a new wolf snake on Great Nicobar and confirmed it through DNA and body traits. The species needs ...

An international research project involving the University of Granada has unified more than 30,000 thermal performance ...

Australia is home to many endangered reptiles and frogs. This national snapshot shows their numbers have dropped sharply. But ...

New Zealand has announced plans to eradicate feral cats by 2050, as part of efforts to protect the country’s biodiversity.

Health & Biosecurity Risks Feral (and stray) cats are associated with the spread of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can harm ...

A newly identified, armor-plated reptile from southern Brazil is rewriting what we know about life just before the age of ...