A new study reveals that for conservation efforts to be effective, all threats to wildlife must be considered together, not ...

Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are nowhere to be found. From human activity to climate change, new animals ...

Cattle producers and landowners are celebrating after the lesser prairie-chicken was removed from the endangered species list ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a district court decision that the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Not all animals have the name recognition of a T. rex or a dodo. However, plenty of well-known animals have vanished from the ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

Area children are invited to explore the world of endangered wildlife during “Helping Endangered Species with Joys of Nature” ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

Republican bills that would allow the endangered Mexican gray wolf to be killed and no longer be considered an endangered ...

Ancient sea organisms survived until a sudden extinction 550 million years ago, revealing what may be the first major mass extinction.

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...