The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora treaty covers all orchid species, ...

When it comes to big cats like lions or tigers, it's easy to think that all of them pose a danger to humans. But in this case ...

Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe ...

Blue whale season is underway in San Diego, drawing locals and tourists alike to one tour company who had a hand in NBC's ...

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...

When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring ...

Environmentalists say the Fish Lake Valley tui chub is “barely clinging to existence” because of rapid groundwater pumping in ...

Q. I saw the following quote on a poster at a wildlife sanctuary in Florida: “Cranes are large birds with long beaks found on ...

Species could go extinct if Ontario passes a controversial mining bill that is set to transform its approach to endangered species and the environment, the Toronto Zoo warned the province ...

Federal protections could soon be extended to a rare Nevada fish that environmentalists say is “barely clinging to existence" ...

Wild American oysters, long considered extinct in Midcoast Maine, have returned to the region, according to a recent study. With the help of local shellfish harvesters, researchers from the University ...

When anything – a species, family or other group of animals or plants – goes extinct, it means there ... who helped put together IUCN’s list of threatened species.