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

In honor of National Endangered Species Day, take a look at quick tidbits about creatures in the U.S. that are at risk of extinction. From the eye-catching monarch butterfly to the aquatic Black ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday said it had found "substantial information" in petitions that eight animals and a plant should be listed under the Endangered Species Act. The agency is ...

While growing up in California in the 1980s, Winifred Frick never saw a condor in the wild. The population of North America’s largest bird, Gymnogyps californianus, had dwindled to nearly zero by 1987 ...

A critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal, known as Malama that previously recovered from malnutrition after being treated at a hospital, was found dead on Oahu this year. National experts found that ...

New research identifies 10,443 critically endangered species worldwide, with effective protection strategies available if funding and political will follow. More than 1,500 species, or 15% of the ...

One animal purifies our water. Another provides a vital food source for three other species. This photo essay from Joel Sartore shows how saving one animal saves so many more. The St. Andrew beach ...

Photographs of a leopard snapped by camera traps in forests in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts have raised hopes among conservationists working to save the critically endangered species.

Nature is endowed with innumerable creatures, and each one is unique in its own way. Among them, many species across the world face serious threats to their survival today. The World Wildlife Fund ...