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 ...

Well, neither has anyone else alive today: the flightless bird has been extinct for about 700 years ... is the first step in bringing those species back to life. Or at least, scientists' closest ...

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 ...

There are about 700 species of front-fanged venomous snakes ... Climate change is creating deserts and dead zones, and hunting is driving many species to the brink of extinction. This is the first ...

By 1974, this ferret was thought to be extinct until a tiny population ... another grassland species facing population decline. In the years following the ferrets’ reintroduction, the park ...

Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian mining company pursuing ...

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 ...

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