Endangered Species

A bird depicted in the 2011 children's animation "Rio" is among species conservationists fear have gone extinct.

OR-7 has inspired activists worldwide. His 17 pups have moved across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Unwittingly, he has done more for his species than any other wolf.

Tim Flach’s striking portraits of animals sought to highlight the similarities between humans and the natural world. In his latest work, he used the same method to draw attention to our effects on it.

Focusing too much on your looks? That's what sent these species over the edge.

The hunting of Sumatran tigers carries penalties of jail time and hefty fines.

There are about 100 Devils Hole pupfish left, according to the most recent counts.

An Obama-era policy had banned the importation of endangered animals.

As part of a 50-year quest to save the species, biologists tended to the birds in a hurricane-proof aviary.

Should we be saving the rhinos or the poachers driving them to extinction? The answer is not as easy as you might think.

“This has had catastrophic ramifications on the right whale population, this number of whales being killed when we only know of three calves being born this year.”

This provides a means of sexing them.

Higher temperatures reduce hunting activity, as well as the number of pups being born and surviving each year.  

While not illegal, surfing a whale shark is ‘inherently dangerous’ and harassment toward the docile beasts.

There are believed to be fewer than 40 of the tiny vaquita porpoises left in the wild.

With around 30 of its species surviving, the vaquita porpoise is the world's rarest marina mammal.

Poaching blamed for disappearance of species in Rwanda, where the last confirmed sighting of a black rhino was in 2007.

Activists say overfishing will have devastating consequences for the species.

There is no one definition of 'recovery,' allowing critics to argue the Endangered Species Act isn't working well enough.

Environmentalists worry about Trump’s impact on Earth’s flora and fauna.

200,000 antelopes died within days in May 2015.

Agriculture has made major impact on animals, birds, fish and plants in last 40 years.

There are fewer than 400 Bawean warty pigs left alive.

Killing off invaders like rats, cats and feral pigs can lead to the recovery of endangered species living on island archipelagos.

Protection measures have been working for Southeast Asian tigers.

In the Rio Grande Valley, the barrier erected to keep out illegal immigrants is imperiling rare and endangered animal species.

The algorithm will save researchers countless hours spent trawling through photos of right whales.