Forty at-risk animal species are gaining new protections from the United Nations. At a U.N. wildlife conservation meeting in Campo Grande, Brazil, on March 29, the Convention on the Conservation of ...

Threats from deforestation, pollution, hunting, and climate change are contributing to the extinction of endangered species. In the US, threatened and endangered species are protected under the ...

California is the most biodiverse state in the United States, experts say. The Golden State also has the second highest number of species listed as endangered or threatened in the nation, with 298 ...

A psychedelic spider, sign of spring, a loud primate and more make Fauna & Flora’s 2026 Species to Watch List. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 7, 2026 7:00 AM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab ...

For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has saved thousands of animals and plants from threats like poaching, habitat loss, and pollution. It brought bald eagles back from the brink of ...

Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...

Nuns at the Convent of St. Anthony of Padua in Spain are working to save a rare breed of giant rabbit from extinction.