Learn how social connections may influence extinction risk in some wildlife species.

More than 3,500 botanic gardens hold vast plant collections, yet disconnected data systems slow efforts to prevent extinction ...

RSPB hails boost for bird species but says ‘still a lot of work to be done’ - The capercaillie was once more widely spread ...

Scientists are rethinking extinction risk as studies reveal how shrinking populations disrupt social connections that many animals depend on.

Tasmanian volunteers are working hard to try and save a quirky sea star which is at risk of extinction. They're removing ...

About 3 million people visit Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas every year, but few have noticed the tiny yellow sunflower that has called it home for centuries. It may face extinction without ...

The Oreobates shunkusacha was found in the San Martín region of the Amazon forest in Peru ...

Scientists and advocates say that mountain lions are running out of time: physical signs of inbreeding, including kinked tails, testicular defects and malformed sperm, have already cropped up in ...

Once nearly extinct in Idaho’s Kootenai River, burbot rebounded thanks to conservation, tribal leadership, and long-term ...

Five years ago, the economist Partha Dasgupta warned that business was self-cannibalising: consuming the natural systems it depends on as if they were infinite, while investing almost nothing in their ...

The monarch was proposed for protection in December 2024, making the final listing due in December 2025. The groups argue the delay increases extinction risk for the nationally beloved pollinator.

Bull trout were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 1999 after the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan successfully sued the Fish and Wildlife Service.