Have you ever heard the sounds a mongoose makes? They're actually pretty adorable, and sound like something that a human baby might make. Ruben Lambrechts cares for orphaned animals in Namibia, Africa ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Twenty-four new species of lizards known as skinks have been discovered on Caribbean islands, half of which already may be extinct or close to extinction. The loss of many skink species can be ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 30 (UPI) -- Twenty-four new species of lizard were recently discovered in the Caribbean and almost half are already close to extinction, researchers say. A team led by ...

We live in an age of alarming extinction, in which many species are lost in large part due to human activity. At the same time, the natural world is so complex that even after centuries of research, ...