The Golden State has added an official shrub and snake, both selected for how they embody California’s natural resilience.

Counts of the elusive giant garter snake have dwindled in recent decades. What could unexpected construction do to its ...

Bats carry lots of viruses – including variants of the coronavirus that sparked the pandemic. But since bats don't often attack humans, the question is: What's the risk of these viruses being passed ...

Sri Lanka has come a long way since the end of armed conflict. Even though reconciliation is an immediate goal in the aftermath of a war, successive governments have taken snail-paced efforts to ...

Snakes slither and show off their moves. Jury awards $10 million to teacher who was shot by 6-year-old student Cowboys DE Marshawn Kneeland dies in apparent suicide at 24 Kansas mayor hit with ...

When I came home from Australia for a visit last autumn, my brother and I took a road trip. Siblings in their 30s and 40s will recognise the rarity of this. He has two small children – a five-year-old ...

THE government should halt the approval of new mines amid environmental degradation and alleged human rights abuses resulting from nickel mining, according to an international climate organization.

Britain’s largest shooting body insists it has “significant concerns” about the impact new legislation that aims to protect Scotland’s natural environment will have on deer management. The Scottish ...

Forest officials rescued two poisonous snakes from Odisha villages within the Bhitarkanika National Park. A five-foot monocled cobra and a nine-foot python were safely returned to their natural ...