Due to its vast size — stretching from Canada and Greenland in the north, to Mexico in the south — North America contains a vast range of habitats. From land to sea, there are forests, mountains, ...

North America is home to a surprisingly diverse collection of venomous snakes. Most people associate the continent with rattlesnakes, and for good reason, but they represent only part of the picture.

From the enormous blue whale to the delicate monarch butterfly, animals of all shapes and sizes migrate across the globe. These migrations connect distant habitats, from the tropics to the poles. They ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A newly released “Atlas for the Americas Flyways” tracks the high concentrations of 89 migratory bird species that are at risk of major population ...