Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

* Thanks to their joint protection efforts, no poaching gunfire has been heard in Hoh Xil since 2009, and the population of Tibetan antelopes, a species under first-class state protection in China, ...

The Majestic Summit Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, stands as the tallest mountain in ...

In an enclosure shadowed by tall trees entangled among natural Florida greenery, Olan stood proudly behind metal wiring ...

The planned construction by China of a massive hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet has become a matter of ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native bees can bounce back ...

Gansu has wetlands covering nearly 1.19 million hectares. In recent years, creative and scientific conservation efforts have ...

Deep below the surface of a river in northern Brazil, a “shy” creature tucked its “armored” body into a rocky crevice. Divers ...

Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," has died. He was ...

Robbins dazzled readers with the whimsy and imagination in his books, including Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All and ...