
Illegal Pet Trade Threatens 13 Indonesian Birds with Extinction
A new study finds that five bird subspecies may already be extinct
A new study finds that five bird subspecies may already be extinct
Scientists would rather study good-looking species, according to a survey of their work
The 2016 State of North America’s Birds report finds that at least 37 percent of species are at risk
Poverty drives bushmeat consumption in some regions of Madagascar, but not everywhere
A new study of one of the world’s most endangered primates finds new clues to its conservation
Researchers in Barbados have found some unusual side effects when people join green turtles in the ocean
A new survey finds this critically endangered species on the knife’s edge of extinction
Attempts to save this revered species in the rivers of Cambodia appear to have failed
A few of these rare birds still exist in neighboring Queensland, but planned coal mines could push them over the edge
The San Nicholas Island fox has “flatlined” genetically, according to a new study
The critically endangered plant known as Mrs. Barber’s beauty eluded modern researchers for decades
Survival of the big cats in the wild is far from guaranteed
The number of wild tigers has risen to nearly 3,900, thanks to enhanced protections and conservation commitments
The sale and trafficking of so-called “generic” tigers and tiger cubs will now be regulated just like other endangered species
The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome leapt over the Rockies and turned up in Washington State
“Lethal blindness” threatens the red-billed chough in Scotland
A new study finds that every single primate species will be adversely affected by rising temperatures and changing rainfall levels
Nobody has seen the Morro Bay kangaroo rat since 1986, but biologists say we shouldn’t give up hope that it still exists
The welcome move could help threatened species both in the U.S. and abroad
This critically endangered plant is a smaller relative to the world’s largest flower
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