News and research about endangered species from around the world
A new study finds that frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians in the U.S. are dying off so quickly that they could disappear from half of their habitats in the next 20 years.
Don't feel bad if you've never seen a caecilian, let alone don’t know how to pronounce the word. These rare, legless amphibians—which look like a cross between a worm and a snake—spend most of their time underground, far from the prying eyes of scientists and other humans...
A deadly but critically endangered snake, one of the world's rarest birds and a heavily guarded flower are among the endangered species in the news this week.
At first (and probably second) glance you wouldn't think that tigers and kiwis have all that much in common. Bengal tigers ( Panthera tigris tigris ) live in India and the surrounding countries, where the predators can weigh more than 220 kilograms...
The last three males of an all-but-extinct fish species would really, really, really like to meet a female.Once upon a time the Mangarahara cichlid ( Ptychochromis insolitus ) lived in a single habitat: a river in Madagascar from which the species gets its name...
Elephants, turtles, grizzly bears and some of the world's rarest frogs are among the endangered species in the news this week.Worst News of the Week: Armed gunmen entered the Dzanga Bai World Heritage Site in the violence-plagued Central African Republic this week and slaughtered at least 26 elephants...
Domesticated dogs are some of the most popular animals on the planet, but their cousins in the wild aren't always as beloved. For thousands of years humans have persecuted wolves, jackals, dingoes, foxes and other members of the family Canidae, pushing many species into or close to extinction...
On Friday, March 15, authorities in Thailand intercepted two wildlife smugglers trying to carry hundreds of endangered tortoises through Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
Rare sharks, toads, rhinos and bears are among the endangered species in the news this week.Hammer Time: David Shiffman offers 10 reasons why great and scalloped hammerhead sharks ( Sphyrna mokarran and S...
Thirteen years, 1,500 infrared cameras, hundreds of catnip-baited hair traps and an almost incalculable number of hours in the field have confirmed what scientists have long feared: the Formosan clouded leopard ( Neofelis nebulosa brachyura ) is in all likelihood extinct...
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