Lions have been dubbed the king of the jungle, but one could argue the real royalty are the trees, the massive woody beasts ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 ...

At least 411 fungi face extinction out of the 1,300 varieties whose conservation status is well understood, according to the latest update of the IUCN's authoritative "Red List of Threatened Species".

Scientists and governments are calling for the strongest international protections yet for sharks and rays, citing ...

An estimated 26 per cent of Africa’s freshwater fish species are threatened (including those assessed as Critically ...

Along with Colossal Biosciences, the filmmaker is joining an indigenous-centered partnership to resurrect the 12-foot-tall ...

NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that under the most extreme warming scenarios, about one in three species could be threatened with extinction by the end of the century.

Carlos Abundez was charged with smuggling 14 endangered toucans into the U.S., hiding them cruelly in his car's dashboard. He ...

HALTING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the ...

Climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to go extinct in the next 100 years, researchers from the University of Reading have found.

Without preventative action, as species disappear, “there will be a further acceleration in the global rate of species extinction,” the report authors write.

“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says ...