In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few ...

Let go of your idea of the rough-and-tumble Amazonian expeditions of the past as the Amazon enters a new era of exploration.

Sloths weren’t always sleepy tree-dwellers. In the Ice Age, they grew to the size of elephants and defended themselves with ...

Opening in February 2026, the world’s first and only "Slotharium" offers guests a guided, small-group experience inside a ...

When Illinois landowners noticed tree deaths and diseases on their properties ramp up in 2017, they suspected industrial ...

Beneath a tree where a sloth sleeps, juvenile caimans lurk in the long grasses. The air is thick with the sound of an ...

How much time do your kids spend on screens? As children spend increasing hours on smartphones, tablets, and TVs, emerging ...

Athena, a beloved sloth, who seemed lively and not slothful, has died at age 7 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

La Casa Verde in Midland offers live Christmas trees with delivery, flocking and lights, plus poinsettias ($12.99–$16.99). Open Mon–Sat, 9–5.

Near Palm Springs, California, Joshua Tree National Park is a protected desert expanse named for its signature yucca plant ...