TALLAHASSEE-- Federal wildlife officials will consider whether manatees should be classified as an endangered species, pointing to issues such as loss of seagrass that serves as a key food source ...
An animal once considered extinct in the wild has seen its classification changed to “endangered,” signifying a remarkable comeback. The scimitar-horned oryx has recovered its numbers thanks to ...
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today issued a report identifying 10 endangered animals at risk from the Trump administration’s proposal to strip nearly all habitat protections ...
While growing up in California in the 1980s, Winifred Frick never saw a condor in the wild. The population of North America’s largest bird, Gymnogyps californianus, had dwindled to nearly zero by 1987 ...
Tick. Tick. Pzzzz. The song of the Florida grasshopper sparrow is unusual and surprisingly insect-like. But it almost fell silent forever. In 2012 National Geographic Explorer and Photo Ark founder ...
Flores is the host of “The American West with Dan Flores” podcast and author, most recently, of Wild New World Climate change, it turns out, is not the first time humanity has re‑made the Earth. Or ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Six types of mussels that used to be found in various streams and rivers that run through Tennessee have officially been declared extinct. The six mussels were among 21 ...
The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed two gharial crocodile hatchlings, a critically endangered reptile. The zoo, located in Texas, is the only North American institute to successfully hatch multiple of the ...
CACHAGUA ISLAND (Reuters) -Chilean scientists warned of further risks to the world's shrinking population of Humboldt ...