Eating meat-heavy diets speeds up species extinction, while plant-based diets use less land and help save wildlife.

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Snopes has looked into variety of strange nature facts, from turtles who breath through their butts to the shape of goat pupils.

The diversity of rare and amazing wildlife inhabiting the continent of Africa is unparalleled. From arid deserts to dense ...

Although every species on the planet somehow plays a role in maintaining the ecosystem, there are some species whose absence ...

This amazing astronaut photo shows the bizarre whale-like shape of a Belizean tropical island. The coral-reef-covered structure is home to the Great Blue Hole, one of the deepest marine sinkholes on ...

Watch the latest video by A-Z-Animals to join us on a journey upwards as we examine both raptors and migratory bird species who are blessed with the amazing superpower of reaching the highest depths ...

We all know what to expect at the Cheyenne Animal Shelter. Cats, dogs, maybe a hamster or two. Some birds as well. We are talking about salamanders that according to the Natural History Museum of the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A new deep-sea coral species from the tropical western Pacific has a name that makes people smile – Iridogorgia chewbacca. The colony stands alone on rocky bottoms, with a shining stem and long ...

When we think about the first creatures to ever roam Earth, images of dinosaurs, massive sea creatures, or the earliest fish typically come to mind. However, new research is challenging that ...

The first animals to inhabit the Earth may have been sea sponges, a new study by geochemists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has suggested. In their work, the researchers linked ...