Across the globe, a small number of animal species are now so rare that only a few individuals remain in the wild. Habitat ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Somewhere on Earth, species are vanishing faster than ever. The 2025 IUCN Red List update revealed that nearly 49,000 species ...

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 ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

A proposal intended to expedite land use and development permitting would restrict the types of evidence state agencies could ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like the ...

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...

The Trump administration wants to make economic impacts a factor in what was previously a science-based decision on what's ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve populations and, with it, a core mission of modern zoos in ...