An emaciated harbor seal was spotted on a sandbar in Mosquito Lagoon, far south of its typical habitat. Harbor seal sightings ...

Scientists call the phenomenon “evolutionary rescue” — when a species’ genetic diversity allows it to survive amid extreme threats.

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

Since February, wildflowers have burst from the desert floor of the national park in California, dotting the typically barren ...

Wildlife officials are just weeks away from turning the water on at the Lake Mead Fish Hatchery, a facility that had to abandon raising trout as water levels dropped at the nation's largest reservoir.

The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue of species hit by climate change, but there are limits ...

A sea turtle had beachgoers scratching their heads after washing up in Texas, looking as if it were covered in green fur. Rescuers were called to the scene and were shocked to discover that the turtle ...

APIPP released the findings of its annual report with data about how invasive species impact land, water and communities in the Adirondacks.

Once considered too polluted for whitefish to thrive, southern Green Bay has suddenly become the only place in Lake Michigan ...

Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...