Growing up, I vividly remember reading through nature-related magazines, fascinated by the vast numbers of creatures ...

WASHINGTON— A new Center for Biological Diversity analysis identifies seven endangered animal species that would be pushed to ...

President Donald Trump's administration is working to roll back protections for endangered species and their habitats. These new rules would allow economic factors to be considered when deciding which ...

When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time—and predict its prospects for survival—they turn to DNA. But what if the genetic map guiding them belongs to the wrong animal?

The Trump administration has proposed sweeping revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could significantly change ...

The Trump administration is proposing several changes to the Endangered Species Act that conservationists say could have ...

Qannik the polar bear is one of the Louisville Zoo’s most beloved animals, but she wouldn’t have made it here from her home in Alaska without a highly-coordinated effort — or the zoo’s accredited ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its draft Insecticide Strategy, a guidance document establishing a framework to protect more than 850 endangered plants and animals ...

The Indianapolis Zoological Society has named six DeHaan finalists for its biennial Indianapolis Prize honoring animal conservationists from around the world. The finalists have spent their lives ...

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether ...

American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia for 35 years, ...

In the wild, Florida's manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities.