Technically speaking, the golden tiger is a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) that has a very unusual genetic mutation.

IOWA, USA — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has documented the federally endangered pallid sturgeon in the Des Moines River for the first time. Biologists collected two of the rare fish this ...

BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. – An extremely rare dragonfly, a federally endangered species known as a male Hine’s emerald dragonfly, was recently discovered in southern Missouri. The Missouri Department of ...

Piebald deer have a genetic mutation that causes abnormal patches of white hair. They have mostly black eyes, noses, and ...

Nature is full of surprises, but few are as fascinating as hybrid animals, creatures born from crossing two different species ...

On Monday, the Nashville Zoo announced the birth of a baby aardvark — called a calf — that weighed approximately four pounds ...

For most people in North America, seeing a fisher is not something that happens every day-or ever, in some cases. For folks in northern Wisconsin who set up trail cams in remote areas, seeing one of ...

A number of threatened species in the developing world are entirely dependent on human agriculture for their survival, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).