In a small patch of rainforest in northern Australia, a “bright”-eyed creature perched on a bush and called out. Its “whirring” sounds were meant to attract potential mates — but hooked nearby ...

Historically, Schiller said some species faced singular threats, such as the now-banned insecticide DDT poisoning peregrine falcons and pushing them to the brink of extinction, or the overexploitation ...

An alien bird species has landed in large parts of northern Italy, putting local wildlife at risk. The African sacred ibis is an invasive species that is thought to have invaded after it escaped ...

Scientists widely believed that bacteria, due to their unique genetic exchange mechanisms and the vast size of their global populations, did not—and could not—form distinct species.

Salinibacter ruber cells (green) under the microscope. Other colors represent different organisms in the saltern. (Credit: Tomeu Viver) A screenshot from a research meeting. The study's international ...

The first comprehensive biodiversity survey of the park was published on Tuesday, revealing the rare and threatened species that live there, including the Sunda pangolin, the clouded leopard and ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

Animals around the world are under increasing pressure from a variety of threats. Find out which species are most endangered and how scientists are working to protect them from going extinct.

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For more than 120 years, Fauna & Flora has been working with its partners around the world to protect threatened plant and animal species. Every year, our people work across hundreds of project sites, ...

Coronaviruses (CoVs) continuously evolve, crossing species barriers and spreading across host ranges. Over the last two decades, several CoVs (HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-OC43, SARS-CoV, ...

In this study, based on our previous genomic data, we investigated the genomic characteristics of four penaeid shrimp species and identified potential factors that result in their poor genome assembly ...