National Endangered Species Day (on May 20) is observed globally to spotlight the planet's most vulnerable animals. From ...

The Hattiesburg Zoo hosted a special event Saturday for the first time to highlight the plight of threatened animal species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world’s rarest mammals, including the vaquita, Javan and Sumatran rhinos, Amur leopard, saola, Hainan gibbon, northern ...

The team also found an entirely new genus of tree-dwelling shrimp, countless new species of insects and a previously unknown cave system. An expedition team traveling through the treacherous Cyclops ...

Scientists in Australia are using cutting-edge DNA techniques to help save one of the world’s rarest marsupials — the critically endangered Gilbert’s potoroo, with fewer than 150 left in the wild. By ...

Currently, the planet is undergoing its sixth mass extinction event. While mass extinctions have occurred naturally in the ...

Snakes are common and widespread reptiles, inhabiting most areas of the world, from deserts and forests to wetlands and coral ...

For world pangolin day, learn more about how genetic researchers helped pinpoint a hidden lineage of the critically endangered mammals Kaleela Thompson Native to parts of Africa and Asia, pangolins ...

Endangered animal species in Kuwait are facing rising threats due to habitat loss, climate change, and human activities. Kuwait’s unique desert ecosystem is home to fascinating wildlife, many of which ...

NANYUKI, Kenya (AP) — The mountain bongo has become the ghost of the forest, hard to spot amid the dense shrubs due to its ability to camouflage. A critically endangered species, the animal is being ...

Lonesome Larry became a symbol of one federally protected species.