WASHINGTON — If you've got red hair, it's your time to celebrate as World Redhead Day kicks off on Monday. While National Love Your Red Hair Day pops up every November, redheads also get another ...

The protection of habitat has therefore been a crucial element in preventing extinction for species protected under the Act. Currently, the Endangered Species Act prohibits “take” of endangered ...

Now it is at risk of extinction. That’s according to the Council of Europe’s minority language experts. But the Maronite community in Cyprus is fighting back. It has help from the Cypriot government ...

The offshoot of Syrian Arabic has been passed on orally over the centuries. Now it is at risk of extinction. That’s according to the Council of Europe’s minority language experts. But the ...

Scott Campbell, Colombia’s representative for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement that the risk of physical and cultural extinction of Indigenous People of the Sierra Nevada ...

The survival of more than 3,500 animal species is in jeopardy thanks to the impacts of climate change, a new study has found. This threat applies to at least a quarter of the species in six ...

Guy Edward Bartkus, the 25-year-old man suspected of bombing a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California on Saturday in a suicide attack that injured four others, left behind what the FBI ...

Bukaty, File, NOAA permit # 21371, File) SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who ...

She says stories of animals re-emerging from presumed extinction can be a source of inspiration for current and future conservation work. “Australia has one of the worst records of recent extinction ...

The near-extinct northern white rhino could be revived following a "crucial" genome breakthrough. It is one of the rarest animals on Earth, with just two females left and no natural way for the ...

The red-tailed amazon, one of the rarest parrots in Brazil, has made a remarkable comeback thanks to the tireless efforts of environmental groups. As Mongabay reported, illegal wildlife trafficking ...

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