The Eastern Black Rail a bird that is the smallest of its kind in North America and is found in marshes with shallow water.

American oystercatchers at-large are making gains. But in Florida, the state-threatened shorebird is struggling to hold onto ...

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

More than 500 bird species face extinction within 100 years, warns new research Climate change and habitat loss could cause ...

One-quarter of freshwater animals are now threatened with extinction, and population declines in fresh waters outpace those ...

Since 1500, about 150 bird species have gone extinct, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. A ...

Our oceans are in trouble. Catches from many of the world's fisheries are declining, with some fishing practices destroying enormous areas of the sea bed. Habitat loss through coastal development ...

Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, a Stockton Democrat and co-author of a bill to protect bee health, says the measure is critical to safeguarding California jobs and food production.

Piping plovers are also probably the best known of the federally endangered or threatened animal and plant species in ...

While some firefly populations are dwindling, you can still spot lightening bugs in the Iowa skies during the right times of ...