A critically endangered fox, called "one of the rarest mammals in the world," was recently caught on camera by a Northern ...

Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild ...

"Very exciting work and progress." Officials attempt to resurrect rare plant that is functionally extinct in the wild: 'We're ...

In the wild, they have been feared extinct since 2008, according to the IUCN. The last known male northern white rhinoceros, a 45-year-old male named Sudan, died at Ol Pejeta , a conservancy ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the endangered Sihek bird is now laying wild eggs in its new Hawaii home.

The beautiful orange and blue sihek, Todiramphus cinnamominus, went extinct in its wild home of Guam and the surrounding islands in 1988.The driving force of their downfall was the invasive brown ...

The spring chinook run on the Snake River has just concluded, and this year was supposed to be consequential for the struggling fish. Four years ago, environmental activists wrote in these pages that ...

Around the world, conservationists are buying up farmland and cattle ranches, and giving the land back to nature. Here’s ...

In early January 2025, 20 red-browed amazons (Amazona rhodocorytha), a parrot species that was extinct in the Brazilian state ...

A bird once declared extinct in the wild has just laid eggs in Hawaii. The sihek, also known as the Guam kingfisher, has a striking burnt orange breast, electric blue wings, and a sharp beak.

Before they became extinct in the wild, Guam biologists brought 29 Sihek to the U.S. starting a conservation breeding program in Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited zoos of which ...