North Atlantic right whales are large, docile creatures that were hunted to the brink of extinction. More recently, ship ...

Lemur meat can still be found both in public markets and through hidden supply chains — and in one-third of the 17 cities in ...

A female Bornean orangutan from Indonesia has been newly introduced into a zoo in the town of Tobe, Ehime Prefecture. The zoo ...

Koalas are endangered today. However, habitat loss is not the only factor causing population decline. Chlamydia has played a ...

But experts say the endangered species, which now has about 384 members, needs many more young to stave off the possibility ...

Extinct in the wild since 2002, several ʻalalā have survived their first year since being released on the Valley Isle.

New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four ...

Last August, the Mazama newt — an amphibian species found only in Crater Lake — moved into the Oregon Zoo’s conservation lab ...

The Rio Grande cooter faces significant threats from oil and gas operations in Texas and New Mexico, as well as climate ...

Myosotis petiolata is one of the most endangered plants in the country and the DOC says it will become extinct if work is not ...

The court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato harlequin toad, ...

Some residents along the Gulf Coast are creating habitat for the endangered birds on their properties, but development, ...