A cherished, fan-favorite red panda at the San Francisco Zoo died of a parasitic infection, the zoo announced Thursday .

Doc Antle was sentenced to prison for trafficking endangered animals and laundering over $500,000. He also must forfeit three ...

While the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park are best known for rare and endangered animals such as giant pandas, koalas and ...

Due to surging temperatures and climate change, animals such as puffins, red squirrels, and hedgehogs face going extinct in the coming decades ...

India is home to several rare and threatened species facing extinction. From majestic tigers to elusive frogs, here are 10 ...

When an animal moves from the endangered species list to being officially extinct, it's undeniably a sad day. The creature has gone the way of the dinosaur and the dodo, but on occasion, scientists ...

The animals trafficked — baby chimpanzees, cheetahs, lions and tigers — are all protected under both the Endangered Species Act and international treaties. The Lacey Act prohibits the trafficking of ...

Prosecutors say the 65-year-old bought animals like chimpanzees and tigers on the black market, fueling illegal poaching.

Skin has the whole DNA of that particular animal. And when we freeze that down, we can freeze its entirety, and then when we ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa.

From prehistoric predators to forgotten giants, some extinct species still have what it takes.

Flash floods in Texas last week killed at least 121 people and left more than 170 missing. Farmers are now working to assess ...