On the evening of May 9, 2019, conservationist and teacher Itakwu Innocent narrowly survived an assassination attempt outside ...

Time magazine announced that the biotechnology company Colossal has resurrected the dire wolf, a species that went extinct ...

Vietnam is a paradise for hikers. A world away from the chaos of the major cities, there is a variety of trails, mountains ...

Many creatures have imprinted on our hearts — and even a city sidewalk — for making their homes near ours. Here’s a look back at some of Chicago’s well-loved animals.

James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Long before these forests faced human-induced threats, an even larger ape, the giant orangutan ... are critically endangered due to rapid deforestation ...

Malawi dismantled the Chinese-led Lin-Zhang wildlife trafficking syndicate, a major win in its fight against the illegal wildlife trade, thanks in part to funding from the U.S. government. The Trump ...

Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to ...

Did you know that nearly 200 years ago, a genus called Dryopithecus was discovered, and it remains shrouded in mystery today? The genus includes at least one uncontested species, Dryopithecus fontani, ...

In 1996, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed giant sea bass as critically endangered. Since then, California has banned set gillnets within three nautical miles of the ...

The giant beaver went extinct around 10,000 years ago, coinciding with the end of the last Ice Age. A lot went on between then and now, as the Indigenous tribes formed cultures and communities.

Four critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas moved ... GRACE After years of rebuilding their natural ape skills, the four "extremely resilient" gorillas were tapped for a project to ...

In 1996, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed giant sea bass as critically endangered. Since then, California has banned set gillnets within three nautical miles of the ...