The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

Humanity faces a sixth mass extinction. This crisis erases species, impacting science, culture, and spirituality. The loss of unique species means losing potential medical breakthroughs and ancient ...

In 2018, researchers from Bat Conservation International, Cameroon’s University of Maroua and the American Museum of Natural ...

From a butterfly shaped by 40,000 years of isolation to creatures 1,400 feet below the sea, scientists uncovered thousands of ...

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

The BBC catches a man trapping songbirds - selling them is a profitable business because many keep them as pets.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, Public Source visual journalists wrote volumes this year as their images framed the stories of a changing Pittsburgh.

We're constantly told that spending time in nature is good for the body and the mind alike. A large body of research shows multiple health benefits ...

On a long low wall alongside the Liangshui river in Beijing, a trader has several small cages with tiny twittering birds.

Tucked away beside the main road that runs along Eleuthera, a narrow island in the Bahamas, the Leon Levy Native Plant ...