Editor's note: Stuart Pimm is the Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology at Duke University, and the 2006 laureate of the Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences awarded by the Royal ...

Milwaukee County is pursuing a $25 million federal grant for road safety projects. If awarded, the grant would allow the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) to begin implementing ...

While encounters with these animals are typically rare, it is important for those exploring the desert to be informed about them. This article highlights 20 venomous creatures you might encounter in ...

The small animals habitat was one of the original buildings at the zoo, which opened in 1958. The zoo has similarly closed other facilities that part of the zoo’s original footprint.

According to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, bobcats are known predators of rattlesnakes, but they are not immune to their venom and could die if they're bitten. An Arizona woman captured a short ...

According to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, bobcats are known predators of rattlesnakes, but they are not immune to their venom and could die if they're bitten. An Arizona woman captured a ...

According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), “Scrubber washwater is toxic to marine life, with harmful effects observed at concentrations as low as 1 part per million (ppm).At 10 ppm, it causes ...

The desert is a harsh landscape that presents challenges for survival, yet it offers unique benefits, particularly for food preservation. This video covers techniques for gathering and processing ...

However, spring and fall are ideal for Joshua Tree hikes in the Mojave Desert—the blue skies, gentle breeze, very little chance of rain, an average high of 85°F, and a low of 50°F.

An elephant named Plai Biang Lek entered a local grocery store in Thailand on Monday, June 2. Rangers say the elephant wandered in from Kha Yai National Park and grabbed nine bags of sweet rice ...

ORCUTT, Calif. - Some Orcutt residents woke up this morning to a “bear-y” unusual visitor in town. Between midnight to 4 a.m. Tuesday, several people ...