Which tropical habitats are worthy of conservation? Humid forests, with their dazzling species counts, easily gain notice.

The ban is going into place around the Otago Peninsula to protect the threatened penguin population.

For decades, scientists feared the dove was extinct until it was rediscovered in 2015 by ornithologist Rafael Bessa, who ...

A study published in Frontiers in Marine Science concludes “nearly all” shark meat sold in the United States is ambiguously ...

Habitat loss, disease, and climate change are driving koalas toward extinction. Learn what’s threatening them and how to help ...

With feral cats killing an estimated 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs each year in Australia, governments are turning to increasingly creative methods to fight back. In Queensland ...

Half of Kenya’s primate species are teetering on the brink of extinction, and some could vanish within our children’s ...

The Middleton Lakes reserve has confirmed two males and two nests, with at least five chicks fledging. Because the birds are ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched a species survival commission for microbiology and microbes to serve as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity and to ...

Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline.

Federal rules under the Endangered Species Act often treat landowners as adversaries. Recent court victories suggest a better ...

Southern Cross University has successfully made the first-ever release of captively reared mountain frogs in a remote area of ...