One of the rarest species on Earth, the Devils Hole pupfish, came close to extinction in recent months, thanks to an earthquake 500 miles from their deep desert cave. Now, worried scientists and ...

The Trump administration plans to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species in a move environmentalists say would lead to the extinction of critically endangered species ...

The Trump administration intends to overhaul the Endangered Species Act by changing what it means to harm an endangered or ...

Some of the UK's rarest wildlife is being "torched alive" and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass fires, ...

Each year, animals and plants are being lost to extinction. In fact, more than 160 species disappeared in the past decade ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

The possibility of the return of the dire wolf has set the internet aflutter with more talk about the idea of a real ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...