New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared that the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine or a photo of “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin holding a puppy named after ...

A tiny fish long feared lost has resurfaced in Bolivia, offering a rare conservation success story amid widespread habitat ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

The Trump administration wants to roll back protections for endangered and threatened species viewed as detrimental to ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...