
Is the Great Indian Bustard About to Go Extinct?
Only one male has turned up at the birds’ breeding grounds this year—and he’s too young to breed
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Only one male has turned up at the birds’ breeding grounds this year—and he’s too young to breed
New research shows 2,000-year-old baobab trees are suddenly dying. New trees won’t have a chance, either
The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome continues its deadly spread west, but a meeting of bat researchers reveals cause for hope
Conservationists have helped to save North America’s largest bird from extinction, but it’s still important to give every chick a chance to fly free...
As the wild population falls to just 40 animals, captive breeding may be their last chance for survival
Exhaustive searchers have failed to turn up the lost Algerian species Adenocarpus faurei. Could other plants in the region also be extinct?
Thanks to protective efforts in Russia, these critically endangered big cats have renewed hope of avoiding extinction
The key to saving elephants and other species may lie in the DNA contained in their droppings, says conservation biologist Samuel Wasser
The “extinction capital of the world” could start losing unique plant species in as little as a month if funding disappears
Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them