Critically endangered Māui dolphins cannot afford losses; learn how scientists study carcasses to protect every living animal ...

A new study reveals that for conservation efforts to be effective, all threats to wildlife must be considered together, not in isolation.

An annual count of monarch butterflies conducted by the United States and Mexico as the insects migrate back and forth over ...

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other species of birds, fish, mussels and other wildlife, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list, US wildlife officials ...

Researchers say the remarkable discovery was made using fossils, photos and a misidentified museum specimen ...

Having failed to meet a deadline and getting sued for it, a federal agency Wednesday agreed to decide whether to list a rare ...

In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The loss of wildlife is a loss of biodiversity, which negatively impacts the health of the planet and those who live on it. As ...