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Currently, over a quarter (28%) of species studied by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - 38,543 out of 138,374 - are threatened with extinction, according to the latest edition of its Red List, published at the World Conservation Congress in Marseille that runs until Friday.
Aerial drones have been used by scientists to monitor the populations of critically endangered animals such as killer whales. Doctors Holly Fearnbach of SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research and Doctor John Durban of Southall Environmental Associates of Washington state had discovered t ...
The populations of several species and subspecies of rhinoceros are increasing, some dramatically, while poaching rates in east Asia have plummeted over the decade, a new report from the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) reveals.
Do animals have personalities? We don’t tend to think that they do, but new research brings more evidence that we’ve been too hasty to assume this.
A team of forest rangers has dedicated years to protecting white-headed langurs, with their conservation efforts helping to ensure a thriving population of the critically endangered species in a nature reserve in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
As the largest of all land mammals on Earth, elephants have long captivated our attention. Besides their extraordinary appearance, their intelligence and social behaviour has also made them an intriguing subject for observation.
Walter Jetz and Martin Wikelski explain in an interview why species conservation receives less attention than climate protection
During the meeting, Yang Xiaojun, a researcher from the Bird Group of Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced that, with great efforts, not only has the wild population of the endangered species, green peafowl, shown steady increase, the quality of their habitat has ...
The world's rarest marine dolphin, Māui, is found only along the west coast of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on our surveys over the last two summers, during which we collected small tissue samples for DNA analysis, we estimate there are currently only 54 Māui dolphins over one ...
On July 19, Australian mining firm Predictive Discovery posted a breathless press release on its website. “Bonanza”-grade gold had been discovered at its Bankan exploration site in a remote part of eastern Guinea. Drilling samples were indicating that the deposits at the site were massive — 3.65 ...
Endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s famous Volcanoes National Park could face “population collapse” within 50 years if some of them contract COVID-19, new research suggests.
Sometime in the distant past, well before humans walked the Earth, the ancestors of modern-day elephants evolved their iconic tusks. Elephants use their bleach-white incisors — they’re technically giant teeth, like ours but longer — to dig, collect food, and protect themselves.
A new estimate of the number of endangered North Atlantic right whales left on the planet puts the population at 336, the lowest in nearly 20 years.
With no male northern white rhinos left on the planet, these photos are a love letter to the armed guards protecting the last two remaining females, Fatu and Najin.
It's time for Singapore's beloved panda cub to share the spotlight with another black and white mammal at the Singapore Zoo — a baby Grevy's zebra.
Scientists have reported the first known "virgin births" in California condors — two chicks that hatched without any males involved in fertilizing the eggs.
More than one million species face the threat of extinction, a global biodiversity body said on Monday. The Geneva-based International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the only international observer organization in the UN General Assembly with expertise in the environment, particularl ...
There are 247m million fewer house sparrows in Europe than there were in 1980, and other once ubiquitous bird species have suffered huge declines, according to a new study.
Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a “last stronghold” of the magnificent creatures, according to new research that concluded the population is much hig ...
Yangtze finless porpoises have been spotted frequently in the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province recently. Many residents in the city as Jiangsu's provincial capital have seen the scene of the beautiful creatures playing or leaping out of water.
Each week for the last 25 summers, biologist Constantí Stefanescu has walked a line through a series of fields in Catalonia, counting butterflies. On a sun-beaten day last July, near where the Pyrenees Mountains slip into the Mediterranean Sea, he stepped into what had once been the most butterf ...
Industrial farms and abandoned ones are both bad for butterflies. Researchers in Spain are trying to combat the trend, one "micro-reserve" at a time.
Wildlife trading on social media is a complex issue – but tech firms can take steps to tackle it, according to new research.
Amid a worldwide biodiversity disaster, with an estimated million species threatened with extinction, the story of the vaquita reveals how even apparent options — on this case, placing a cease to unlawful fishing — require political will, enforcement and deep engagement with native communities t ...
It’s such a rare species there are only two known trees left, one mature and one juvenile tree growing in the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.
It’s a day of reckoning for the ivory-billed woodpecker and roughly two dozen other species of wildlife that are about to be declared extinct in a proposal issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
These animals aren’t quite on the endangered species list, but if we’re not careful, they soon could be.
One of the season’s most important breeding colonies of a critically endangered native bird has collapsed, and experts believe a dog was to blame.
Conservationists hail move as ‘critical breakthrough’ to protect endangered shortfin mako, prized for meat, fins and sportfishing.
According to a University of Illinois-led study, Père David's deer has gene variants that may naturally protect the animals from the ravages of CWD.
This is the first case of asexual reproduction ever discovered in birds when breeding males were available.
Using artificial intelligence, scientists are making progress toward protecting endangered species that are not meant to be caught.
Amur tiger footprints have been discovered in the northeast Siberian republic of Sakha for the first time in 50 years, a signal that the endangered species’ population is recovering, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday.
Once the most commonly spotted bee in the United States, the American bumblebee has nearly disappeared from 16 states. But thanks to some law students and their professor, the important pollinator may earn protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
In Cambodia’s fertile Mekong delta, rice farmers are switching to the varieties loved by the world’s tallest flying bird to help stop its decline.
Vaquitas are the world’s rarest marine mammal, and there’s a sad probability they’ll disappear in our lifetime, according to conservation groups.
Recent study has discovered one in every six birds has quietly gone across Europe since the 1980s. The causes varied and numerous, including habitat loss, massive decline in insect species, pollution, and disease all of the usual suspects contributing the larger mass extinction event we're exper ...
International Jaguar Day on November 29th raises awareness about the increasing threats facing the jaguar and the critical conservation efforts needed to ensure its survival.
In a mammoth effort, 30 rhino have been moved from SA to Rwanda in the biggest-ever single translocation of the species.
Imagine going to hear your favourite orchestral piece played in a world-class venue – and only the woodwind and brass sections turning up.
Environmental protectors and entities from Asia were today recognized for their work on prevention of environmental crime at the sixth edition of the Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards, organized virtually by UNEP, UNDP, UNODC, INTERPOL, the World Customs Organization and CITES.
This fluffy, playful cat with a very expressive gaze is just begging to be cuddled! But it absolutely can’t stand humans. And it has its reasons.
There are no saolas in captivity, and fewer than 100 may remain in the wild.
A unique "star" was discovered from the Ryukyu Islands, a biodiversity hot spot in subtropical Japan: a star-shaped structure that turned out to be the cocoon mass of a new species of parasitoid wasp.
This September a team of dozens of scientists announced grim news: Around one third of the world’s 1,199 known sharks and related species, they assessed, are now threatened with extinction.
Medicinal plants are used in the treatment of cancer, respiratory and cardiac diseases, ulcers, liver and kidney infections, and other diseases. A report will be submitted to the Haryana state government soon in order for further action to be taken to protect these plants.
More than 11,000 specimens have been seized during 2021 so far, officials said.
For roughly 50 days, thousands of honeybees sealed themselves in their hives, away from deadly gas, and feasted on honey. “It is a very empowering story,” one entomologist said.
Special status has been awarded to the habitat of a species of seal left endangered due to human activity.
Rising sea temperatures and overfishing threaten coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean with complete collapse in the next 50 years, according to a groundbreaking study of these marine ecosystems.