The world is facing a shocking biodiversity crisis—countless animal species are teetering on the edge of extinction, and the ...

Biodiversity is vital to the health and balance of ecosystems, which directly impacts human health. The decline — or even ...

Legend has it the Eastern hellbenders slithered here straight from hell and But in the age of humans, that evolutionary asset ...

Swiss zoo breeds the critically endangered elephants as part of conservation efforts under the European Endangered Species Programme A 19-year-old Asian elephant at the Zurich Zoo gave birth this ...

The Trump administration is proposing a dramatic shift in the way the Endangered Species Act has been interpreted for decades ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday.

Sumatran tigers are among the rarest cats on the planet and have been classified as critically endangered by the ...

However, growing awareness of the species’ endangered status has led to conservation efforts, which in some cases were actually implemented within the cockfighting community before the Peruvian ...

South America’s most endangered monkey. But almost one year later, the 15,000-hectare (37,000-acre) reserve is still being implemented institutionally, and conservationists say it falls short of what ...

The Trump administration has proposed changing the interpretation of the Endangered Species Act to allow developers to alter ...

Birds are among the most vulnerable. Since humans arrived, 71 birds have gone extinct, according to the state Department of ...