The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

A polar bear stood outside the Department of the Interior’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Thursday with a message: “Stop ...

The strict regulations of the Endangered Species Act inhibit development and “energy domination,” the Trump administration claims.

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

Quick Take In 2015, the white-tailed deer was designated the official state mammal of Georgia. Deer hunting generates ...

The "de-extinction" company Colossal Biosciences promises to fulfill that dream, at least for extinct animals like woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), dodos (Raphus cucullatus), and Tasmanian ...

As a conservationist, outdoor writer and Pennsylvanian who spends hours in the field, I am alarmed by the current administration’s attempt to weaken the Endangered Species Act. This landmark law has ...

Conservationists alarmed over proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act – Hawaii News | West Hawaii Today ...

The Endangered Species Act has helped pull animals back from the brink of extinction for fifty years. Wolves, bears, condors, eagles—none of them would be here without it. But now, ...