An unknown Galapagos tortoise species may be lurking in museum bones By Hannah Seo / Published March 15, 2022
Climate change may not claim as many species as we thought By Ula Chrobak / Published February 12, 2020
These adorable sharks have evolved to walk across the seafloor By Kate Baggaley / Published January 24, 2020
These newly discovered iridescent bees are already at risk of extinction By Jess Romeo / Published September 24, 2019
Biologists discovered two new species of shrew rat, no thanks to peanut butter By Marion Renault / Published June 7, 2019
The UN’s devastating extinction report, explained in 5 charts By Alex Schwartz / Published May 7, 2019
Scientists thought they lost the world’s largest bee, but it was hiding in plain sight By Eleanor Cummins / Published February 22, 2019
Blow flies help us solve murders—but climate change is forcing them out By Marlene Cimons / Published October 26, 2018
“Survival of the laziest” may help some species avoid extinction By Luke Strotz/The Conversation / Published August 23, 2018
Caught in a race against climate change, lizards hit an evolutionary dead end By Marlene Cimons / Published May 21, 2018
A new study on whales suggests Darwin didn’t quite get it right By Kat Eschner / Published April 9, 2018
Scientists are naming new species after musicians, and it’s kind of amazing By Mallory Johns / Published August 11, 2017
We might have an eighth continent. Here’s why that matters. By Sara Chodosh / Published February 17, 2017