Of those, 700 are threatened with extinction. Jane Smart, head of IUCN’s Centre for Science and Data, said it will take political will to save the jeopardized species, and the gravity of the new ...

The Center is the nation's leader in conserving endangered species, having secured Endangered Species Act protection for more than 700 species and over ... and reptiles on the knife-edge of extinction ...

Our research looked at data from the government’s annual baking competition. Upon close analysis, we find a dangerous lack of ...

There have been five great die-offs in the history of our planet, when at least 75 percent of the known species disappear. The last mass extinction was 66 million years ago, when an asteroid wiped ...

This shift, called ecological marginalization, leads to a higher species extinction risk. According to the researchers, the quality of the habitat matters to a species' extinction risk and ...

Most species of sharks and rays that live on coral reefs are now threatened with extinction, making them some of the most vulnerable animals on the planet. A study found that 60 per cent of the ...

numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction, an international conservation organization said Friday. The International Union for Conservation of ...

Almost 2,000 native species are officially listed as “threatened” in Australia – but how many have you actually heard of?