The endangered kakapo, only found in New Zealand, is the only flightless parrot in the world. Native to the island of Hispaniola, the Hispaniolan solenodon is a burrowing animal that looks like a ...

Throughout the night, great potoos emit a loud, moaning growl that has earned the bird a mythical status, with some communities believing the sounds to be children calling for lost parents.

Hundreds of animals, from tiny ants to mighty hippos, are shaping the Earth's surface as powerfully as floods and storms.

Help the pugs observe Earth’s animals, learn how to grow plants, study the human body, experiment with materials, explore our planet’s habitats and find tiny invertebrates hiding in a pond!

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness ... proportion of their body mass than any other marine animal, researchers say: In one large population, 90 ...