About 1 million species worldwide are at risk of extinction in coming decades, a U.N. panel warns in a report released today. About 1 million species worldwide are at risk of extinction in coming ...

The Trump administration wants to change an endangered species law that prevents native habitat destruction. It is one of President Donald Trump's latest plans to reduce federal regulations that ...

Shocking photos of koalas in their diminishing natural habitat have exposed the dire plight of the Australian marsupial. The World Wildlife Fund has released satellite imagery showing a massive spike ...

It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their ...

A new study questions whether hunting is the primary driver of major drops in animal populations, suggesting that destruction of animal habitats through farming is a potentially bigger threat.

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RENO, Nev. – Butterfly populations in California are declining and, in some cases, moving to higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada due to climate change and loss of habitat, according to a study ...

Darcy Watchorn receives funding from the Hermon Slade Foundation, Parks Victoria, the Conservation and Wildlife Research Trust, the Ecological Society of Australia, the Victorian Environmental ...

Nature documentaries are known for their sweeping natural vistas, their amazing footage—seriously, how did they get that shot?—and, often, the soothing baritone of Sir David Attenborough. [CLIP: ...

Scientists spend a lot of time studying how the coronavirus and other emerging diseases end up in human populations. About three-quarters of new diseases are zoonotic, which means they are transmitted ...

Human activities have destroyed more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat, revealing critical failures with Australia's federal environmental protection laws. Human activities have ...