Conservation

Scientists recently described six new species of miniature frogs that inhabit forest floors in Mexico and Guatemala.

A stranded sperm whale was still alive when it was found washed ashore near Ningbo, China. A team of rescuers worked around the clock to tow the animal back to sea.

The 95-year-old broadcaster is just the fifth person to receive the honor.

A crocodile in Indonesia has finally been freed from a motorbike tire that had been stuck around its neck for at least 6 years after a local man caught it in a handmade trap.

Hippos respond differently to the calls of familiar and unfamiliar hippos.

Conservation efforts are starting to pay off for unique tree-climbing lions in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, says one conservationist.

World leading naturalist E.O. Wilson has passed away at the age of 92. He was known as "Darwin’s natural heir" and the world's top authority on the study of ants.

Taiwan is racing to contain an outbreak of invasive cane toads, which likely escaped from a black market breeder.

Authorities at Colombia's airport in Bogotá found and confiscated hundreds of arthropods that German travelers had illegally collected and stashed in a suitcase.