Some animals matter so much to their ecosystems that losing them is like removing the keystone from an arch—the entire ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

The strict regulations of the Endangered Species Act inhibit development and “energy domination,” the Trump administration ...

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 ...

Findings from the largest-ever survey of endangered flat-headed cats may help change the species’ official conservation ...

In addition to Thailand, flat-headed cats can be found in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, according to the Felidae Conservation ...

Panthera Thailand and Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation announced on Dec. 25 that the ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

The endangered species list may change under the Trump administration. After biotechnology and genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences said it successfully created three dire wolf puppies ...

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...