Extinction can be a hard reality to confront. It’s one thing to learn about animals like the woolly mammoth or the dodo, ...

On Tuesday, a powerful committee of agency leaders will decide whether oil and gas companies can disregard protections for a ...

Across the globe, thousands of species face the threat of extinction due to habitat loss, poaching, pollution, and climate ...

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 ...

Protections for the western burrowing owl in the Las Vegas Valley will remain after the Clark County Commission last week ...

The 'God Squad' has only met three times since it's inception. Now, they will meet to consider whether oil and gas drilling ...

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 ...

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 ...

Endangered species in the US face numerous challenges today, from habitat loss to climate change. Understanding these issues is vital for conservation efforts.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...

A judge has ruled that the government can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on ...