GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In the face of increased pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat, the John Ball Zoo (JBZ) is working to save a federally endangered species of butterfly. “We are ...

THERE is a field above my house in which I sometimes walk in the evening. And whenever I go there in summer I always see the same thing, very small and far off, the tiniest fraction of the wide view ...

This is the third in a series looking at 10 of the most unusual and noteworthy endangered species in Alabama. The state is one of the most biodiverse in the nation, and today there are 131 species on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indiana’s last remaining habitat for one of the world’s rarest butterfly species is now permanently protected thanks to the quick ...

Construction workers discovered a mosaic floor from the 4th century B.C.E. while installing underground water pipelines in Eretria, a Greek town north of Athens. The mosaic, made of white, black, ...

AN aged satyr, living in the space between two rocks in an old Roman road, called his children to him as he lay dying. “Remember that you are growing older every hour,” he said. “I have always felt ...