The world’s biggest and smallest animals are the most at risk for extinction, a new analysis points out. When it comes to...
It’s rare for scientists studying critically endangered North Pacific right whales to actually see one. But this weekend, researchers on board a...
When it comes to sounds in national parks and other protected areas in the United States, the things that come to mind...
Giant pandas are some of the world’s most iconic animals, not only for their seemingly universal appeal as cute, gentle animals, but...
African elephants have posed another puzzle for scientists – they only sleep for two hours a day, making them the least well-rested...
The woolly mammoth can now only be seen in animated movies, but scientists at Harvard University say they are close to changing...
According to an international team of researchers, cheetahs are now in danger of extinction, reports the New York Times. The team found...
A teenager from Northern Ireland who had to go to England to get a pregnancy terminated when she was 15 years old...
US President Barack Obama is set to make waves – and that’s not entirely a metaphor. He will establish the first national...
The Eastern Gorilla — humankind’s closest relative in the animal kingdom — is now on the brink of extinction due to illegal...
Native foxes on the Channel Islands off the coast of California were on the brink of extinction just a few decades ago....
There is just one true wolf species in North America, a new study discovered. Researchers have found that the gray wolf is...
A new species of orchid discovered in Columbia has what is unmistakably a frightening face on it – one which has researchers...
A Hong Kong bookseller who had gone missing in recent months said that he was abducted by the Communist Party of China,...
Thai wildlife officials found the carcasses of 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer at Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, a monastery...
A new study suggests that leopards have lost an estimated 75% of their historical range to date. In 1750, leopards roamed more...
The parents of a 19-month-old boy, who died in 2012, have been convicted of their son’s death because they failed to provide him...
Monarch butterflies, whose population has been declining over the years, find themselves faced with a set of new threats. A study from...
Research funded by the National Science Foundation may have found an ingenious solution to poaching: applying game theory and computer science to...
In Florida, an employee at the Palm Beach Zoo was killed by an endangered tiger that she, according to zoo spokeswoman Naki...