The zoo’s 20-year-old eastern black rhino Kapuki gave birth to a female calf Thursday. There are only about 1,000 eastern black rhinoceros in the wild after about 98% of the population was wiped out ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

For the first time, Colossal BioSciences unveiled its Dallas labs where it is spending millions of dollars researching how to ...

Fiona Pardington hopes an exhibition of her images of New Zealand’s extinct and endangered birds will encourage debate, as the nation weighs its environmental responsibilities.

A biotech company says CRISPR could revive extinct animals like the dodo and mammoth - but many scientists remain skeptical.

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

Having failed to meet a deadline and getting sued for it, a federal agency Wednesday agreed to decide whether to list a rare ...

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 ...

On March 16, 2026, the Department of the Interior announced a rare meeting of the Endangered Species Committee (ESC or ...

Australia has just mapped 158 Important Shark and Ray Areas across its waters, identifying the habitats most critical to the ...

Capito questioned witnesses during a Senate hearing on the Endangered Species Act, asking about expanding the role of states in species management.

What is the Endangered Species Act, and why am I hearing more about it now? The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed by Congress in 1973 to protect species classified as endangered and their ...