Conservation efforts alone may not be enough to prevent a looming bird extinction crisis. Specific rescue strategies are ...

A sobering new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals that more than 500 bird species could go extinct within ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

The greater one-horned rhinoceros, once locally extinct, has now returned to Manas National Park, researchers said.

There are 147 bird species categorised as threatened or near-threatened in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, according to the revised Red Data Book of Birds (RDB-online) launched by BirdLife ...

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek linked the new threatened species listings to “a decade of environmental vandalism by the Liberals and Nationals”, and she noted the Albanese government is ...

Analysis of 216 extinct species by biologists found birds endemic to islands, occupied ecologically specific niche, lacking flight, with large bodies and sharply angled wings were the ones likely ...

A 2022 assessment of tree species native to the contiguous U.S. found 11-16% of species are threatened with extinction. The greatest threats are invasive pests and diseases.

The highest portion of threatened trees is found on islands like Fiji, Cuba and Madagascar. In South America, which is home to the Amazon Rainforest, 3,356 out of the 13,668 assessed tree species ...

With one in eight bird species threatened with extinction and 60% of bird species in decline globally 2, diminishing bird populations signal ecosystems in crisis. Many migratory birds follow specific ...

Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild.

It might be South Africa’s most threatened endemic bird species, but conservation measures to save the enigmatic Botha’s Lark from extinction have taken wing. The rare species has a “tiny ...