Peter Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Text and photos by Peter Vankevich The Eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) became an object of fascination for me when I ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, botanists have identified a towering, ancient species of tree in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains ...

Wildlife rescuers used a makeshift stretcher to haul a massive monitor lizard out of a resident's home in Thailand. The officers were called to the residence in Phetchabun after a terrified local ...

Scientists discover a giant thousand-year-old tree called Tessmannia princeps, a new species that reaches 131 feed high and 3 ...

The five-part BBC series examines how we, as Homo sapiens, went from being just one of many types of human to becoming the ...