A recent survey in Sri Lanka has given conservationists something to celebrate: The country's most threatened deer species is ...

The list of animals pushed into extinction has grown even longer. In its latest update, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared several species extinct, ...

Policy brief urges balanced animal-research rules, offering science blogs NABR IUCN keywords and full statement.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is leading efforts to ensure the repopulation of one of North Carolina's most endangered ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

From three species of Arctic seals to more than half of all birds globally, several animals have slipped closer to extinction ...

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, a top conservation group, is weighing a moratorium on unleashing genetically modified plants or animals into the wild.

If DAS works as hoped, it could give conservationists real-time information to protect the whales. For instance, if the ...