With human activity having quite an effect on the Earth, many animal species have gone extinct. Fortunately, though, that ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN for short, is one of the most powerful wildlife organizations. It ...

Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as ...

The right whale population increased to 384, up from 376 the year prior, according to estimates released by The North ...

The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, Earth’s largest freshwater turtle, is critically endangered. Conservationists are racing ...

An environmental group is proposing the Umpqua chub and northern roach, both native to southern Oregon, receive Endangered ...

The global population of green turtles has increased approximately 28% since the 1970s, according to the International Union ...

Police have launched a search for two stolen endangered tortoises after the Indianapolis Zoo waited 11 days to report them ...

The Olympic marmot is endemic to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and have faced threats from climate change and coyote ...

Hawaiʻi joins a global biobank effort to preserve DNA, cell lines and reproductive material for endangered island species — a ...

Best available science or best possible? Conservationists say the latter could mean doom for many species on the brink.