From bald eagles to grizzly bears, many iconic American species at risk of extinction have bounced back thanks to the Endangered Species Act, commonly known as the ESA. But the ac ...

Explore 25 of the rarest animals in the world, from the vaquita to the Amur leopard. Learn about their critical status, why ...

Leonardo DiCaprio's Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund have launched the Phoenix Species Project, an initiative dedicated to ...

For 20 years, photographer Joel Sartore has been documenting animals through his Photo Ark project, which has now reached its ...

Anyone walking through the Tarumã neighborhood in Curitiba (the capital of the state of Paraná, Brazil) today may find it difficult to imagine the area as it was in the past. Between the buildings, ...

A polar bear stood outside the Department of the Interior’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Thursday with a message: “Stop Trump’s Extinction Plan.” The sign-carrying Arctic creature—actually an ...

The Atlantic Sturgeon is an endangered species of fish with deep roots in Maryland — the fish was targeted by early settlers along the Chesapeake Bay and has connections with the Indigenous community.

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 ...

The latest update of the world's list of threatened animals and plant species, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, carried out by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) reveals ...