Although we have many problems with critically endangered species today, it used to be a lot worse. Before the times of ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

Climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to go extinct in the next 100 years, researchers from ...

Leopards — solitary, enigmatic, nocturnal predators with golden fur splashed with dark rosette spots — have the widest range ...

Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

In the race to save birdlife around the world, time is running out—and doing everything right still won’t be enough. Despite global conservation goals and urgent policies aimed at protecting nature, ...

Citing the flower’s growing risk of extinction, officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced a proposal to list the ghost orchid as an endangered species.

GHENT, WV (WVNS) — Will we be the last generation to see fireflies dancing through our night skies? Well, we were curious about just that and decided to ask an expert their opinion. Summer ...

Hundreds of endangered fish that were rescued from their habitat due to the Palisades Fire have returned home after being held for several months at two local aquariums. The endangered northern ...

A study published in 2023 suggests that nearly 1 million years ago, humanity almost ceased to exist. This potential mass extinction event was discovered by researchers when they began analyzing ...

(WJW) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fears if action isn’t taken, the rare ghost orchid could soon be extinct. The FWS is now proposing to list the swamp-dwelling plant as an endangered ...

U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act.The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the world ...