Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

With forests shrinking and ecosystems degrading, the global biodiversity crisis has shifted from a distant environmental ...

Osun, Osun State, Nigeria, has been officially designated a global Key Biodiversity Area (KBA), following years of rigorous, ...

They’re gutting the Endangered Species Act, have you heard? A good friend of mine hired a professional photographer, at great expense, to take pictures during a planned event. Afterward, when the ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco-based nonprofit Save the Redwoods League spoke out against the federal government’s four proposed changes that would weaken Endangered Species Act regulations. The ...

More than 10,000 acres of longleaf pine forest across Alabama and Georgia will now be protected, after an environmental advocacy group was able to purchase and turn the land over to the states. “This ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few surprises. Deep in the cloud forests of the Serra do Quiriri mountain range in the ...

Every five years, a small group of biologists and environmentalists assemble in a large corner office in Springfield with long glass windows. Inside that room, they weigh in on the fate of every ...

Manatee resting at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: USFWS The Trump Administration has proposed new changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Some conservation organizations oppose ...

In the wild, Florida’s manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...