WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service today to protect the cusk fish under the Endangered Species Act. The cusk is a long-lived ...

Researchers in South Africa have rediscovered a lost lizard, uncovered new localities of species and found that some are in ...

"There are some numbers out there from Colorado Parks and Wildlife that there are as few as 800 adult toads in our state." ...

Kasman Amir grew up in a fishing family in a small coastal village on Kabaena Island in eastern Indonesia. The family home ...

While discovering new microbial organisms is interesting, finding larger animals is even more thrilling. Over 25,000 feet ...

Along a narrow mountain road snaking through the Himalayas, a clawed creature with “bent” toes moved along the ground. Its ...

Manatee sightings have been on the rise this summer along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Jennette’s Pier director Mike Remige ...

PEOPLE magazine is on the search for the World’s Cutest Dog. The magazine has partnered with Pedigree for the eighth year in ...

In a bizarre smuggling attempt, a Sri Lankan man was caught at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport with three ball pythons hidden in his underwear. These snakes, requiring special permits for transport, ...

Pangolins — strangely adorable, scale-covered creatures believed to be the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world — should receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, federal ...

Endangered species face a barrage of threats from human activities. We owe them a place to call home. Lisa H. Sideris is a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project and the University of California.

For many endangered species like the Nassau grouper, Atlantic bluefin tuna, and Chinese paddlefish, these combined pressures have driven populations to critically low levels where recovery becomes ...