The US Fish and Wildlife Service, the nation’s only government agency dedicated to conserving plants and animals, has frozen ...

Federal data only tells part of the story of how the global wildlife trade is fueling nature loss, a new study shows.

Gabon’s biodiversity is among the largest and most diverse wild ecosystems in the world, with nearly 90% of its territory ...

Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

With threats of avian flu and lead poisoning, biologists are working overtime to care for a species that nearly went extinct.

Conservationists in Valentine’s Day plea to protect ‘mating for life’ penguins - In an effort to save African penguins, ...

Poachers in Malaysia have been using commercial fishing fleets to smuggle body parts of critically endangered tigers.

Tropical forests are massive biodiversity storehouses. While these rich swathes of land constitute less than one-tenth of Earth’s surface, they harbor more than 60% of known species. Among them is a ...

Footage of a seemingly confused orangutan roaming the desolate site of an Indonesian coal mine, metres from excavators, has ...

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help predict endangered whale habitat, guiding ships along the Atlantic coast to avoid them. The tool is designed to prevent ...

One of Europe’s green energy providers is getting ready to welcome hundreds of endangered birds to the area, as construction ...

In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...