Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...

On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 ...

Nearly 20,000 live animals, all endangered or protected species, have been seized in a global operation against wildlife and forestry trafficking networks, jointly coordinated by INTERPOL and the Worl ...

In 1973, the U.S. Congress approved what I consider one of the most important actions to helping preserve the wide diversity of plant and animal life here. Richard Nixon was the president then and ...

Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to release records documenting its finding that insecticides sprayed across millions of acres in 17 states ...

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?

The IPCC says a 1.5°C average rise may put 20-30% of species at risk of extinction. If the planet warms by more ... They’re also home to countless plant and animal species. We’re working with ...

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

23, 2025 — 130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name ... 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788 and between ...

Yet, this web is unravelling – 1 million of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. Billions of people around the world rely on wild species for ...

These are harelip suckers, Moxostoma lacerum, a species that is now extinct. Scientists say the ... and wastewater from sewage plants and surface mines also did their damage.