A 1-inch long beetle that drew the ire of developers and oil companies will lose its endangered species status after a federal appeals court finding Friday that the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s ...

Winter-run Chinook salmon, once considered to be most at risk of extinction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, returned to its habitat in Northern California. Wildlife officials ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, New Zealand's Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland ...

A global study finds over 3,500 animal species already threatened by climate change, with invertebrates and marine life most ...

Sight lines don’t matter to an endangered flower. But contrary to claims made by conservationists, Rowe said the Rhyolite ...

Seismic waves from an earthquake in eastern Russia hit Death Valley, shaking up a critically endangered desert fish ...

GPS tracking and high-resolution satellite images are helping humans coexist with endangered elephants in western Namibia.

Earlier this month, Namdapha National Park cameras in India captured a rare glimpse of the endangered white-eared night heron ...

By Liz Kimbrough Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species ...

The largest-ever study of over 2.6 million zoo birth records reveals skewed sex ratios in endangered species, from lemurs to ...

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the LeConte’s thrasher ...

Without the Endangered Species Act, Wyoming could establish a grizzly bear hunting season. It's unclear how many grizzlies live in the unprotected areas outside the new proposed designated region.