The planet is on the cusp of triggering the sixth mass extinction event. Conserving a small percentage of land could make all ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognized Charles Darwin University-led research into Earth's oldest animals with the adoption of the "Longevity Conservation" global ...

How much of Earth’s plant diversity is distributed across islands, and how might this affect conservation efforts? It emerges that islands contain a disproportionately large share of global plant ...

Conservation dogs, also known as detection dogs or conservation canines, are specially trained pups. Similar to other kinds of detection dogs, like those who sniff out bombs, drugs, or missing people, ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

Hundreds of native Connecticut species including birds, fish, and mammals are listed among those with the greatest conservation need, according to the newly released 2025 Connecticut Wildlife Action ...

These peaceful places are home to many of the rarest creatures found nowhere else on Earth. More than 20 species listed under the federal Endangered Species Act and dozens more imperiled mammals, ...

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Four dozen tiny pupfish are swimming in a constructed habitat in a giant glass structure once meant to house humans.

To conserve Earth’s biodiversity, many countries are pushing to protect more lands and oceans. Protected areas, a “geographically defined area which is designated or regulated and managed to achieve ...

Protecting the UK’s rare and endangered plants requires precision, expertise, and the right technology. At the National Trust ...