In a perfect world, we'd still be co-existing with the dodo, woolly mammoth, and quagga, but sadly, these are among the 900+ extinct animal species. Climate change, pollution, and human predation are ...

Every year on the third Friday in May, thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect threatened and endangered ...

The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). These adorable amphibians have feathery gills and a flattened head — they are just so squishy and cute! Axolotls ...

Conservationists are celebrating the arrival of four endangered Barbary macaques which have born in the tree tops at the UK’s only monkey forest. The adorable African monkeys – usually native to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — An endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at ZooTampa earlier this week. Its 18-year-old mother, Ubi, was pregnant for 13 months before giving birth during the overnight hours between ...

Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet ...

Blaze, a female piping plover, spent the winter in North Carolina. Pepper, a male piping plover, wintered 775 miles away in Florida. But, in a migration miracle, the federally endangered, ...

More than 1,500 animal sanctuaries operate throughout the U.S., each providing its inhabitants with unique, individualized care and a forever home. Most animals that enter sanctuaries have experienced ...

Over 50% of wild Barbary macaque populations have declined over 40 years, and fewer than 8,000 are thought to remain.