Edinburgh Zoo has appealed for funds to create a new purpose-built home for the UK’s only Queensland koalas. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) attraction is currently home to two female ...

Known as the studbook, the records list all of the animals currently in captivity along with information such as where they ...

Genetic “libraries” that deal in living organisms sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. In Australia, these ...

Currently, the planet is undergoing its sixth mass extinction event. While mass extinctions have occurred naturally in the ...

Birds of prey and vultures (raptors) play a vital role in ecosystems, both as top predators and key scavengers. However, ...

FAO warns seafood sector highly vulnerable to widespread food fraud Seafood fraud includes adulteration, species substitution and false labeling FAO urges stronger traceability, regulation and genetic ...

Researchers explain why shot‑hole borers spread unevenly, how pollution and stress play a role, and what the infestations could mean statewide.

Report cites ‘loss of irreplaceable species such as elephants for their ivory, rhinos for their horns, pangolins for their ...

Report cites ‘loss of irreplaceable species such as elephants for their ivory, rhinos for their horns, pangolins for their ...

The Timor green pigeon may be closer to extinction than previously believed, with researchers estimating only 100 to 500 ...

Lasers and sharks might sound like the setup to a B-movie, but researchers in Australia are using this unlikely pairing to ...