Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, ...

Rarely do species presumed extinct reappear with renewed hope for a better future. But researchers in Australia not only ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

From our majestic panthers to our delicate corals, beloved species are at risk as the Trump administration moves to ...

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 ...

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

A polar bear stood outside the Department of the Interior’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Thursday with a message: “Stop ...

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ...

The Trump administration wants to roll back protections for endangered and threatened species viewed as detrimental to ...