Researchers have uncovered a new species of wolf snake on Great Nicobar Island and named it Lycodon irwini in tribute to ...

Video by @zsllondonzooOne of the rarest primates on the planet, gentle lemurs live among the reed beds of a single lake in Madagascar 🇲🇬 ...

Black market dealers sell around 13,000 of this species a year for food despite legal protections, according to reports.

The International Union For The Conservation Of Nature (IUCN) identified 4,074 threatened species of animals, plants, funghi and chromists (a proposed category of single-celled and multicellular ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In ...

A look at 10 of the world’s most shy animals, from elusive forest dwellers to secretive ocean giants, each known for avoiding humans and remaining rarely seen.

The small primates, known for their bushy tails and large eyes, are already classed as one of the world’s most endangered ...

In the remote rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Annamite Mountains straddling Vietnam and Laos, two species of ...

A new study reveals that endangered lemurs in Madagascar are being secretly hunted and eaten, driven by demand from wealthy ...

BRITISH comedy legend John Cleese has paid a visit to Chester Zoo to see one of his favourite animals. The actor and comedian, known to many as co-founder of Monty Python among numerous other roles in ...

Lemurs, the small primates with bushy tails and large, expressive eyes, are among the world's most endangered species.

The IUCN has so far identified more than 48,600 species threatened with extinction worldwide, whice represents 28 percent of ...