Nowadays, it feels like extinction headlines dominate conversations about wildlife, but there’s another set of stories that ...

The committee has approved an exemption to endangered species protections for just the third time in its history ...

NOAA Fisheries will examine the status of the Rice’s whale, which was listed as an endangered species in 2021.

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo has opened its new Rhino Care Center, a $22.6 million facility designed to protect endangered rhinos ...

The bald eagle, American alligator and Louisiana black bear are just three of the nearly 300 species revived by the Endangered Species Act -- 50 years since it first took affect. The Endangered ...

After a wildfire scorched the forest home of a rare bat species, ecologist Iroro Tanshi committed to stopping similar blazes ...

Smithsonian scientists discuss the impact of the first federal law designed to save endangered and imperiled animals from extinction. Mike Bock Kirtland’s warblers were among the first animals to ...

Nearly 300 birds, fish, mammals and other critters have federal protection in the Golden State.

In California, animals and plants on the verge of extinction can be classified as threatened, endangered or fully protected.