By 2030, several extraordinary species may vanish forever due to habitat destruction, climate change, and human exploitation.

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change​ pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife says.

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Polar bears are the largest of the bear species. Thanks to their protein-rich and fat-filled diets, these unique marine bears ...

Threats, Recovery Stories, and How We Can Help Across the globe, endangered species face a web of threats that undermine ecosystems and the services they provide. This piece explains the main ...

Nearly 300 birds, fish, mammals and other critters have federal protection in the Golden State.

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. We’re losing species at an alarming rate. Could freezing the genetic material of the world’s most endangered animals help save them? Biotech ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to force the agency to finalize Endangered ...

On the second floor of a sleek but unremarkable office building just west of downtown Dallas, Texas, an animatronic white wolf stands atop a promontory, slowly surveying the vast entry area for ...

As lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives return this week from a spring recess, one decision they're expected to ...

Colossal Biosciences made a record-breaking 20 edits across 14 genes in gray wolf cells by adding extinct dire wolf DNA. This was the first time ancient DNA has been used to bioengineer an extinct ...