More than a third of both animals and plants in the U.S. are currently at risk of extinction, while more than 40 percent of ecosystems are at risk of collapse, according to an analysis released ...

An endangered red wolf. Photo: The News Tribune, Janet Jensen (AP) More than a third of animal and plant species in the U.S. could go extinct while more than 40% of ecosystems are at risk of ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the number of animals and plants at risk of extinction. This story has been updated with the correct numbers.

Like animals ... more plant experts, building an online "metaherbarium," and creating "microreserves." "There is no technical reason why any known plant species should go extinct," writes plant ...

By some estimates, as much as 30 percent of the world's animals and plants could be on a path to extinction within 100 years. These losses are likely to be unevenly distributed, as some geographic ...

In the last decade, report after report has warned that the Arctic is heating up faster than ever, cities are scorching, the ...

Yet biologists and conservationists are fighting to spare the many endangered species that aren't confirmed extinct, a cause that has saved a diversity of animals and plants in recent decades ...

As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one University of Michigan scientist has an urgent message: Chemists and ...

“It’s not too late to stop more plants and animals from going extinct, but we have to act fast,” said Greenwald. Bachman’s warbler: Bachman’s warbler was a small yellow and black songbird that once ...

In the Mesozoic Era, there are fossils that represent both extinct groups and modern groups of animals and plants. During the first period of the Mesozoic Era (Triassic Period), many new types of ...

It lasted approximately 79 million years, from the minor extinction event that ... roots and decaying plant matter, while smaller animals with lower metabolisms were best able to wait the disaster ...

Ten new species, including nine animals and one plant, have been listed as "staring extinction in the face," according to the UK-based international conservation group. Leptodactylus fallax ...