The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

In a perfect world, we'd still be co-existing with the dodo, woolly mammoth, and quagga, but sadly, these are among the 900+ extinct animal species. Climate change, pollution, and human predation are ...

When a species comes off the Endangered Species Act list, is that the end of the story? No. While a win is a win, it’s never the end; responsibility for these species often shifts to states, Tribes, ...

New research identifies 10,443 critically endangered species worldwide, with effective protection strategies available if funding and political will follow. More than 1,500 species, or 15% of 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 ...