DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 ...

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Tropical Storm Helene devastated healthy populations of the eastern hellbender salamander. Because of this they may receive ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to ...

Calling these animals scary is an understatement. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most ...

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they're failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving ...

Four critically endangered African penguin chicks hatched at Mystic Aquarium in early January, the aquarium announced ...

Cutting-edge technology in a lab at Florida Atlantic University was used to digitize the skeleton of the rarest marine mammal in the world, a porpoise called the vaquita, ensuring that the animal ...

Based on data gathered prior to Helene, the US Fish and Wildlife Service issued a Dec. 10, 2024, proposal to list the giant salamander as an endangered species. “The best populations across the ...

Ten new species, including nine animals and one plant, have been listed as "staring extinction in the face ... we’ve identified 10 extraordinary species in urgent need of conservation focus.