The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

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

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

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

When a species comes off the Endangered Species Act list, is that the end of the story? No. While a win is a win, it’s never the end; responsibility for these species often shifts to states, Tribes, ...

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

The "de-extinction" company Colossal Biosciences promises to fulfill that dream, at least for extinct animals like woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), dodos (Raphus cucullatus), and Tasmanian ...

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

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

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

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown co-led a 19-state letter striking calling the Trump Administration’s proposal ...