Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet ...

New research identifies 10,443 critically endangered species worldwide, with effective protection strategies available if funding and political will follow. More than 1,500 species, or 15% of the ...

Fifty years ago last week, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a conservation law that quickly became one of the most politically attacked of all time. A few months ...

Partners at the International Crane Foundation and The Conservation Fund have secured permanent protection of more than 3,300 ...

Growing up, I vividly remember reading through nature-related magazines, fascinated by the vast numbers of creatures inhabiting our planet. I spent summers at my grandmother’s West Virginia home ...

RIP honeycreeper birds, Mariana fruit bat of Guam, Bachman’s warbler and the rest of the 21 species lost to extinction in the US alone in 2023. They join a growing list of animals in the process of ...

Written by Chelsea Wright & Likewise Pix | May 16, 2025 To mark Endangered Species Day, we're highlighting some of the most profound and visually striking documentaries that delve into the pressing ...

The Department of the Interior announced the new proposal in November, stating the rules support the administration’s focus ...

With the major die-off in the Florida Keys in 2024 and 2025 resulting in the mortalities of at least 65 large sawfish (and ...

IDAHO, USA — This story originally appeared in The Idaho Press. Snakes. Bears. Fish. Wolves. Whatever they may be, almost every state’s endangered species work is done by an independent state ...

Each spring on Falkner Island, which sits about three miles off the coast of Guilford, hundreds of roseate terns flock to the uninhabited five-acre island to breed and nest during the warm summer ...

The 2024 calendar is not even at its halfway point but more endangered Florida panthers have died this year than in all of 2023, according to state statistics. Of the 14 deaths in 2024, 11 involved ...