Secrets of the Penguins cinematographer, Bertie Gregory, shares the memorable moment he filmed baby penguins leaping from a 50-foot cliff with PEOPLE.

Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum credited the supposed revival of dire wolves as reason to look past the necessity of the endangered species list.

Mommy, the zoo’s longest resident, is the oldest-known first-time mom of her species in the world.

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing has reached a new milestone, as workers laid the first layers of soil on the California overpass

Wolf populations in Europe have made a big comeback, increasing by almost 60 percent in a single decade, according to a new study.

Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists

Then Trump got in the way.

A “superpod” of more than 2,000 dolphins was spotted off the coast of Monterey Bay, California, over the weekend.

Trump administration has frozen funding for key conservation programs to protect vulnerable species

Job cuts and frozen funding could inch one of the world’s rarest species even closer to extinction.

Newcastle University experts demonstrate a data-poor approach to assess the sustainability of devil ray catch in Indian Ocean fisheries.

The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa.

Two rhinos munch serenely on grass as the sun rises over Mount Kenya, oblivious to the massive global endeavour to prevent them being the last of their kind.

Big cats, birds, primates and pangolins were among the nearly 20,000 threatened or protected animals rescued in a recent global operation against wildlife and forestry traffickers. Led by Interpol and...

MassWildlife officials updated the list “following an extensive review of population data and threats,” officials said.

Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings

KATHMANDU — Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling conservationists and researchers looking for clues to its existen...

Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic pangolin species diverged from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).  Long thought to be the ...

Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in the trafficking of parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to new research, information that could help enforcement efforts to save the...

The UK government has expanded its Ivory Act - a ban on the trade of items containing ivory from elephants - to include four new species

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – In September 2024, Vida Livre Institute, a wildlife rescue center, received an unusual call from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden staff. They were sending over two monkeys ...

More than 750 tidewater gobies were rescued from a Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire. Seared watersheds can take years to recover, experts say

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.

A tiny lizard found only on one tiny Caribbean island has seen a dramatic 1,500% increase in its population, after just a few years of island restoration efforts. In 2018, researchers estimated there ...

"I'm very hopeful."

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

2024 saw the most panther deaths in nearly a decade, but officials also confirmed the existence of three young cubs.

The cute creatures are chatty, family oriented—and facing a shrinking habitat in the remote forests of Ecuador

The state was able to delist the species because their reproductive rate over multiple years reached sustainable levels.

A rare tiny butterfly found only in a remote stretch of Northern Nevada will soon gain federal protections under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that t...

“The entire ecosystem can once again thrive.”

Grizzly bears still need our help

Studies of great apes hint at why and when clowning behavior evolved

An insect hovers near flowers decorating the area around the holy remains of the patron saint of the Romanian capital Bucharest.

The new rules include stiff penalties for the inhumane treatment of sharks and rays, including the eagle rays that frequently visit Adelaide beaches, while fishing bans will be in effect for other spe...

Learn more about why beluga whales don't have dorsal fins and why they have extra neck vertebrae.

TEFÉ, Amazonas — “I’ve lived on this floating home for 40 years, and this is the worst drought I’ve ever seen. You can see that the water dropped well below the 2023 levels,” says Carlos Magno, as he ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing listing the eastern hellbender as endangered.

The underwater giants can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh up to 660 pounds, or as heavy as a grand piano.

Research done with the help of citizen science shows male humpback completed almost twice the typical migration distance

They would become the most commonly seen species to receive federal protection if the proposal is adopted.

Bengal tigers, Asian elephants, Ganges river dolphins, langurs and hoolock gibbons, along with a few other endangered and vulnerable animal species, have been prominent in Bangladesh’s wildlife conser...

In a ceremony in Bangkok, Thai authorities transferred the 961 healthy animals over to members of the Malagasy Department of National Parks

An IUCN Red List Index tool for marine life places all species of sharks, rays, and chimaera 19% closer to extinction than 50 years ago.

Crossings prevent crashes, but they’re costly and can take years to build.