Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

Since European colonisation, predators like foxes and feral cats have driven countless animals to the brink — or wiped them out entirely. These relentless invaders outcompete their local counterparts ...

There are only 10 or less of this little porpoise species left in the world. What can be done to save the vaquita?

A new review has documented the remarkable journey of Australia's most critically endangered marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo ...

There isn’t much data available to the wider public on the Calathus lundbladi ground beetle. This elusiveness is in no small part due to the little bug’s position on the International Union for ...

Red wolves once ranged far and wide across the U.S., helping them earn the nickname “America's wolf.” But there are now ...

This week, the state and federal governments committed $4.8 million to help its owners, the Woolford family, transform the ...

On the fringes of an African game park, an ambitious project brings together tourists, local communities and white rhinos, emerging from the brink of extinction.

Scientists have found a new monkey species! That's the good news. The bad news is that only a couple of hundred are left.

A small tablet can work just as well as (or even better than) larger ones, especially when it comes to lugging one around between classes or in your work bag on your commute. When you're on the ...