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 ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

The two marsupials were found living in the remote rainforests on the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea.

Extinction usually feels final. Once a species disappears, there is rarely a second chance. But a small number of animals managed to survive when everything seemed stacked against them, often because ...

A fish species thought to be extinct has suddenly been found in a small pond in Bolivia. The rare seasonal killifish, Moema claudiae, has not been recorded in the wild for more than 20 years and its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bright-eyed and apparently quite curious, a triplet of critically endangered red ruffed lemurs were born in May at the Lemur ...