Vulnerable species — and the impact of the facility on their habitat and well-being — are at the core of a legal fight.

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In a mountain forest of southeastern China, a 1-foot-long creature with a “collar” moved along the ground. Its “secretive” nature helped it go largely unnoticed — until some keen-eyed scientists found ...

Hunter Blake Daugherty said the animal was clearly the most dominant alligator in the area, or "the big guy" in the lake.

The fossil was dated to the Triassic period, between 252 and 201 million years ago. This specific fossil is about 241 million years old, making it 3 to 7 million years older than any lepidosaur found ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long predator with colorful eyes in Tibet and discovered an “extremely rare” new species, a study said. Photo from Y.H. Xu via Xu, Nguyen, Wang, Zhang, Poyarkov, Wei, Vogel, ...