Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost. The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy Ravaloharimanitra.

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

There were once thought to be just 10 of the critically endangered trees left in the wild. Researchers are working with the local community to document and preserve the tree so it survives threats ...

Learn about our editorial policies Decision trees are major components of finance, philosophy, and decision analysis in university classes. Yet, many students and graduates fail to understand ...

The fossils included two flying squirrel-esque gliders, a mole-like burrower, a tree-climber, and two different terrestrial creatures. One of the extinct taxa, a tiny tree-dweller with prehensile ...

At the time of the inspection it was said that red-tailed black cockatoos were roosting in the tree. It is currently mating season for these endangered birds, so there is concern that the poison ...

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said the organization is also working on submitting a proposal to get the Nipomo Mesa manzanita protected under the California Endangered Species Act. The California Department of Fish and Wildli ...

This particular Mixodectes pungens specimen represents a mature adult that weighed about three pounds, lived in trees, feasted on ... Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids ...

Last year, environmental civil society organizations launched a 10-year conservation plan to protect critically endangered tree species. Among those at risk are Diospyros katendei, Encephalartos ...

Using fossils, he argued in 1796 that many species had become extinct in the wake of natural catastrophes. Humans had been causing extinctions at least since the Ice Age. Polynesian expansion ...