
8 Years until Red Wolf Extinction?
As the wild population falls to just 40 animals, captive breeding may be their last chance for survival
As the wild population falls to just 40 animals, captive breeding may be their last chance for survival
Exhaustive searchers have failed to turn up the lost Algerian species Adenocarpus faurei. Could other plants in the region also be extinct?
Thanks to protective efforts in Russia, these critically endangered big cats have renewed hope of avoiding extinction
The key to saving elephants and other species may lie in the DNA contained in their droppings, says conservation biologist Samuel Wasser
The “extinction capital of the world” could start losing unique plant species in as little as a month if funding disappears
Dozens of these water-filtering species are at risk of vanishing, and that’s bad news for every living creature that relies on them
A new study finds the big cats and other endangered animals do best in places where there’s no coverage
The most famous rhino in the world has died, leaving behind two aging females and a hole in our world
Nearly half of all freshwater turtles and tortoises are at risk of disappearing forever, a new report warns
A recent study finds that the often-feared big cats actually help keep crops and domesticated animals safe from other threats
Things don’t look good for these critically endangered birds, but a captive-breeding program could help save them
The subspecies has now been removed from the Endangered Species Act, 80 years after its last sighting
2017 was another deadly year for the panthers. How much longer can this critically endangered species survive?
And according to the latest IUCN Red List update, a dismaying 13 percent of species are endangered
Only 35 Mount Graham squirrels remain in the wild, but five captive squirrels could hold the key to their long-term survival—if we can get them to breed
Researchers exploit a fear to reduce elephant-human confrontation
After eight years at Scientific American, “Extinction Countdown” is moving on
The Ankarana dwarf lemur weighs about as much as a banana and lives in a highly restricted habitat
China’s legal ivory market will close this year, but elephants are still being slaughtered
The entire Hendrix’s liveforever species could be wiped out by a single tractor
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