Scientists have discovered a fossilized shark head and many other fossils in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.

Harvesters scale tall cliffs to collect this rare honey from Himalayan giant honeybees.

The areas were part of national monuments in Utah that were dramatically shrunk in 2017.

See how the machines are making work safer at one Georgia-Pacific plant in Crossett, Ark.

Underwater Photographer of the Year winners include a smiling dolphin and octopus with a soccer ball.

Balloons may be colorful and cheery, but they're lousy for wildlife.

A major new review calls for urgent action to restore our ailing oceans.

Pakistan is turning around its struggling honey industry with the addition of hundreds of trees.

Botanists identify wild plants with sidewalk chalk to help draw attention to nature and discourage pesticide use.

Most vertebrates would need to evolve 10,000 times faster than their normal rates to survive climate change over the next century.

Fewer than 10 vaquitas may be left on Earth, down from 100 in 2014 and 30 in 2017.

Two new studies map out the potential revival of Earth's lost forests.

Despite recent declines in honeybees and other bee species, the U.S. is suspending its annual count of honeybee hives.

The iconic animals have declined more than 40 percent in 30 years, potentially facing extinction yet drawing little global attention until recently.

One of eastern North America's most iconic animals vanished forever on Sept. 1, 1914. Now, 97 years later, the passenger pigeon has become an icon for something

In case you're missing the forest for the trees, here are a few reminders why woodlands are wonderful.

The Kirtland's warbler was nearly extinct in the 1970s, but now the bird has recovered and is coming off the endangered species list.

A new study explores how social interactions affect our well-being.

Known as the 'crown jewel' of U.S. national forests, this ancient ecosystem is at a crossroads.

Multilevel societies had only been found in big-brained mammals. Then researchers studied the vulturine guineafowl.

Species from all over the animal kingdom face serious danger from noise pollution, researchers warn.

CO2 levels are now the highest they've been since long before modern humans existed.

The behavior has never been documented in other insects, researchers say.

U.S. presidents haven't always pardoned their Thanksgiving turkeys, but in recent years the surreal ceremony has become an American tradition.

This is the first time scientists have recorded the heart rate of a blue whale, the largest animal on Earth.

Rescuers are racing to save koalas as a barrage of bushfires roar across the country.

The black rhino calf appears healthy and is nursing regularly, according to zoo officials.

Researchers hope to help humans borrow some secrets of bear biology.

Local communities played a key role in the creation of Bamyan Plateau Protected Area, a large new national park in Afghanistan.

Penguins are getting a chance to explore facilities that are closed to human visitors due to COVID-19.

Virtual tours of national parks are providing a valuable service as people shelter at home from the coronavirus pandemic.

Isolating ourselves during the coronavirus pandemic isn't as unnatural as it feels.

Bats don't pose an unusual risk among mammals, research suggests, and bat viruses we do get often rely far more on us than bats.

Pennsylvania woman who fell into a mall fountain while texting — becoming an instant Internet sensation in the process — has hired an attorney.

Chuck Leavell and his famous friends Mike Mills, John Bell and Paul Riddle play a rollicking set at the White House Correspondents' Jam.

One of Auburn's new Toomer's Corner oaks is set on fire after Auburn beats LSU. A 29-year-old man has been taken into custody.

MNN's Chuck Leavell hosts The Bacon Brothers and journalists-turned-musicians for the White House Correspondents' Jam.

The U.K.'s push to create new marine reserves in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans represents a victory for biodiversity campaigners. (And fish.)

An award-winning photographer casts his lens on one of the most surreal natural landscapes in North America that just recently became a national park.

Wine from Rioja Alavesa, the Basque subregion of Rioja, has been named a UNESCO Biosphere Responsible Tourism region.

Two viral videos demonstrate how to peel an entire head of garlic into cloves faster than you ever thought was possible.

Chicken's always the scapegoat, but there are other suprising sources of salmonella. Here are other foods that can harbor the bacteria and how to avoid it.

Mooncakes are a traditional part of the Mid-Autumn Chinese festival. But there's more to the legend of this pricey pastry.

There's not a lot of Thanksgiving music out there, but there's one song that's a can't miss while cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

Here's how to know when frozen food is past its prime, plus what can you do to make food last longer in the freezer.

Chef José Andrés provides the most basic human need — food — to those affected by disaster, and now he's responding to the coronavirus.

Some say evolving bugs and lax oversight are making salmonella even more dangerous.

Despite being phased out of many products, mercury still lurks in our homes.

It's almost inescapable, and while the FDA says BPA is safe at normal levels, a growing body of research has begun to suggest otherwise.

Glaciers around the world are melting faster than usual, threatening to eliminate some of our largest and oldest freshwater sources. Should we be worried?