A speck of ancient forest, feared to be at imminent risk of destruction, is on the verge of being protected for future generations of Australians. Described as “magical”, the 6.5-hectare fragment of ...

Gene editing technologies, such as those used in agriculture and de-extinction efforts, can be repurposed to provide what an ...

How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little ...

Rainy, damp weather along the eastern United States in summer 2025 has one upside: Fireflies love it.

Federal wildlife officials approved a plan to cull barred owls in order to protect northern spotted owls, but it could be ...

Fireflies are harbingers of sweltering midsummer heat, but the regional renaissance is tied to conditions in the spring.

Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?

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As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking informal comment on the revision of the administrative rule for threatened and endangered plant and animal species.

More than 37% of all shark and ray species are threatened with extinction. That number jumps to over 70% for species commonly involved in international trade.