Fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers remain in the wild, making every confirmed sighting scientifically significant.

Salavan Province in Laos is once again in the spotlight after the discovery of two protected wildlife species, one Greater ...

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Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has adopted a new regulation aimed at safeguarding endangered and ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic ...

After enacting statutes in 1966 and 1969 that, among other things, declared the preservation of endangered species to be a national policy, in 1973, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act, 16 ...

For 50 years, the U.S. government has interpreted the Endangered Species Act as protecting threatened and endangered species from actions that either directly kill them or eliminate their habitat.

Bur Oak Land Trust's AmeriCorps program funds were slashed, then reinstated. The non-profit is still navigating roadblocks to ...

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether indu… ...

The tracker application helps officials monitor rare and endangered species populations and identifies problem areas in New ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland assessed the costs of protecting and restoring endangered species. Their conclusion is clear: it would require spending $583 billion per year for 30 ...