Explore 25 of the rarest animals in the world, from the vaquita to the Amur leopard. Learn about their critical status, why they're disappearing, and what' ...

Hundreds of imperiled species, including North Atlantic right whales and rusty patched bumble bees, could face greater ...

National Endangered Species Day (on May 20) is observed globally to spotlight the planet's most vulnerable animals. From iconic tigers to little-known amphibians, endangered species from around the ...

How wildlife populations can recover, from elephants in southern Africa, tigers, green sea turtles, and Atlantick and Pacific ...

Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically endangered by the IUCN ...

They are the tallest animals trotting on Earth, their long necks and iconic brown spots populating cartoons, children’s books and toy shelves. But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations have ...

Endangered Animals Statistics: In the past 60 years, the planet has experienced the speedy growth of the human population, urbanization, and development, deforesting thousands of millions of acres of ...

With fewer than 10 vaquitas believed to remain in the wild, conservationists are training a new generation of observers to help protect the world's rarest marine mammal while continuing the fight ...

NANYUKI, Kenya (AP) — The mountain bongo has become the ghost of the forest, hard to spot amid the dense shrubs due to its ability to camouflage. A critically endangered species, the animal is being ...

Several endangered species in the U.S. have recovered from their endangered status thanks to federal protections.

More than 200 conservation organizations sent a letter today urging Congress to oppose the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026,” introduced by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), ...

Forty miles away, on Great Salt Lake, soon around four million eared grebes will be fattening themselves on brine shrimp and flies before a long migration south. Grebes are known as “hell-divers” ...