WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized a rule removing 21 species from the list of threatened ... said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological ...

More than 1,600 animals and plants are protected, or “listed,” as endangered or threatened in the United States. But there are hundreds more waiting for protection under this crucial law.

On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. Partula ...

Newly listed endangered species include Baeospora myriadophylla, which is seen in the Kanto region. Meanwhile, 57 species ...

There are 742 endangered Australian plants and animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species, which grew by six species in the past year.