Habitat loss, deforestation, the illegal wildlife trade and climate change are pushing these extraordinary species towards ...

RIP honeycreeper birds, Mariana fruit bat of Guam, Bachman’s warbler and the rest of the 21 species lost to extinction in the US alone in 2023. They join a growing list of animals in the process of ...

IDAHO, USA — This story originally appeared in The Idaho Press. Snakes. Bears. Fish. Wolves. Whatever they may be, almost every state’s endangered species work is done by an independent state ...

New research identifies 10,443 critically endangered species worldwide, with effective protection strategies available if funding and political will follow. More than 1,500 species, or 15% of the ...

A psychedelic spider, sign of spring, a loud primate and more make Fauna & Flora’s 2026 Species to Watch List.

Despite its limited applications on paper, the Constitution’s commerce clause has given the federal government carte blanche to regulate whatever it wants. Congress’s power over interstate commerce, ...

Experimental Essential — An experimental population whose loss would appreciably reduce the species’ chances for survival in the wild. Species are released back into their home range and given the ...

Environmentalists are expressing their concerns that the Endangered Species Act could be gutted if proposed revisions are approved. The proposed rollback would eliminate the definition of "harm" that ...

The 2024 calendar is not even at its halfway point but more endangered Florida panthers have died this year than in all of 2023, according to state statistics. Of the 14 deaths in 2024, 11 involved ...

Preserving a species is painstaking, time-consuming work. Andres Ortega, aquatic resources supervisor with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, knows that firsthand. For nearly a decade, ...

The Trump administration wants to roll back protections for endangered and threatened species viewed as detrimental to ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or degradation, climate change, forest fires, deforestation, and slash-and-burn and ...