A coral species that was thought to have been extinct since 2000 has been rediscovered by researchers.

Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also ...

After the 1982-1983 El Niño warming event, the coral endemic to the Galápagos Islands experienced sharp population declines ...

Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species are barreling ...

Congress is working on a proposal that would gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act and erase legal protections for dolphins, ...

A global study finds over 3,500 animal species already threatened by climate change, with invertebrates and marine life most ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s assault on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, researchers made a heartbreaking ...

Scientists are discovering new species in all corners of the world—and in some cases, they’re stumbling upon old species in ...

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out ...

The largest-ever study of over 2.6 million zoo birth records reveals skewed sex ratios in endangered species, from lemurs to ...

For the last 10,000 years, thousands of species have perished from the Holocene extinction event, which is still ongoing.

An orchid and the dwarf date palm are among those listed as critically endangered in the country’s first-ever Plant Red List ...