Endangered Species

"Our thoughts are with the people and biodiversity in this tragedy," Diana Bell—a professor of Conservation a Biology—said

Earlier this month, the Trump administration finalized changes to a set of regulations which would diminish the protections afforded to threatened species.

Development is great, but at what price?

"Secretary Bernhardt has worked his entire career to weaken wildlife protections for the sake of more drilling and mining."

Activists lose long-running battle over 138-acre development on Miami-Dade's pine rockland.

There are 18 animals on the WWF's critically endangered list.

Some of the trees are thought to be at least 200 years old.

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.

Future "not looking bright" for rhino once dubbed most eligible bachelor in the world.

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

At least 1,000 turtles die every year from plastic in the ocean.

The hours-long ordeal ended in a joyful moment between the villagers and the mother.

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

Veterinarians observed the vaquita porpoise growing weaker within hours after being placed into captivity.

Why 126 countries are trying to save the sharks.

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.

Donald Trump may be cutting funding to the environmental sciences, but one near-endangered butterfly is thriving.

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.