National Endangered Species Day (on May 20) is observed globally to spotlight the planet's most vulnerable animals. From ...

The committee has approved an exemption to endangered species protections for just the third time in its history ...

The Hattiesburg Zoo hosted a special event Saturday for the first time to highlight the plight of threatened animal species ...

Currently, the planet is undergoing its sixth mass extinction event. While mass extinctions have occurred naturally in the ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

May 20 is National Endangered Species Day, an important reminder of our duty to protect vulnerable wildlife. Among the desert ...

A graceful black monkey edges across a swaying red rope bridge strung over a busy residential road in Malaysia's Penang, ...

Smithsonian scientists discuss the impact of the first federal law designed to save endangered and imperiled animals from extinction. Mike Bock Kirtland’s warblers were among the first animals to ...

USFW Biologist Darek Elverud holds a rare Razorback Sucker that his crew momentarily took from the river to gather information during an outing on the Colorado River on Aug. 16, 2016 in Grand Junction ...

Lonesome Larry became a symbol of one federally protected species.