Stories by John Platt

Wolves Lose Out to Politics, Removed from Endangered Species List

Possum-Killing Poison Helps Protect New Zealand Parrot

Central American crocodile recovers and crawls off endangered species list

Low genetic diversity, local resentment threaten great Indian bustard

Deadly forest fire leads to resurrection of endangered tree

Richard Branson wants to release endangered lemurs in the Caribbean

Mountain bongo faces extinction after more than a century of decline

Australian mathematicians say some endangered species "not worth saving"

Wolves lose, tigers gain, penguins in peril and other updates from the brink

Dramatic rescue of a century-old turtle in Vietnam could help save species from extinction

Scientists want politics kept out of endangered species decisions

Human virus linked to deaths of two endangered mountain gorillas

Half of the world's rockhopper penguins threatened by oil spill

Compromise could take gray wolves off the endangered species list in two states

Return of rare giraffes brings promise of peace among warring Kenyan peoples

Rare African kittens bred from frozen eggs and sperm

Rare Costa Rican birds captured, tagged for study for the first time

Giving up on the "ghost cat": Eastern cougar subspecies declared extinct

Australians team up to help a rare marsupial after a cyclone devastates its habitat

African lion may be added to U.S. endangered species list to curb American trophy hunters

Turtles in trouble: New report identifies the 25 most endangered turtle species

Large ocean fish could be gone by 2050, study says

Nationwide search leads to rediscovery of 5 frog species in India

Should barred owls be shot to save endangered spotted owls?