Extreme heat waves, driven by climate change, are resulting in mass animal die-offs, disrupting reproduction, and pushing ...

Experts at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute care for endangered species on 32,000 sprawling acres in Northern ...

The sailback houndshark, 𝐺𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑖, is one of the world's rarest sharks, described in the late 1970s ...

Incredible images capturing the final moments of animals lost to extinction will have you questioning how humanity's impact ...

Researchers have kept the exact location of the small population of “fragile” creatures a secret for their protection, according to a study.

Many causes can contribute to the extinction of a species. Luckily, these animals once thought on the brink of extinction are making a comeback. Here's how.

Gene editing’s real value is not in re-creating copies of long-extinct species like dire wolves, but instead using it to recover ones in trouble now.

It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed up by the Eagles in 1976. One of the rock ...

The investigation in eastern Valencia began several months ago when officers saw a listing on an internet site offering ...

Remarkably, this species went extinct in the wild in China but survived solely due to a captive herd that was maintained in European parks, and has since been reintroduced to its native land.

A rule change proposed by the Trump administration could green-light the destruction of protected species' habitats and gut the Endangered Species Act, write an ecologist and law professor.

Sixty-six million years ago, Earth’s balance shifted in a single strike. The asteroid impact set off firestorms, blocked out ...