These are the rarest animals on Earth creatures so elusive, so endangered, that most people don’t even know they exist. From the ghostly white Amur Leopard with fewer than 100 left in the wild, to the ...

During field work in the exclusion zone, scientists from the Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of ...

Hantavirus: the rare pathogen linked to rodents that attacks the lungs. Theara Coleman, The Week US. Fri, April 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM UTC. 4 min read.

Hantaviruses are spread by rodents and can cause deadly respiratory and kidney illnesses in humans. It recently killed Betsy Arakawa, actor Gene Hackman's wife, in a widely covered case.

Getting on the list is a grim privilege that not only acknowledges the Staten Island croaker and dozens of other animals as rarities, but also empowers elected officials to create protections in law.