In 2025, the IUCN Red List officially declared several animal and plant species extinct, highlighting global biodiversity ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like the ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction due to a multitude of threats, according to new ...

During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...

Many Michiganders notice mussels throughout rivers and streams, but are they aware of the organisms living on the shells? Madison Dunlap, a Biology graduate student at Central Michigan University, has ...

From the Austin blind salamander to the type of catfish known as the toothless blindcat, seven species of aquatic wildlife in Central and South Texas and the Texas Hill Country help scientists keep ...

Endangered water voles in Wales are being fed edible glitter in a bid to save them from extinction. Once commonly found across south Wales, water voles are now effectively extinct in all but a few ...

Since it was passed by Congress and signed by President Nixon near the end of 1973 the Endangered Species Act served as the most powerful defense against natural resource exploitation that harmed ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...

California lawmakers are advancing a measure to empower the state to bypass federal decisions and list endangered species under emergency state protections. What supporters hail as a safeguard against ...