A cave-dwelling fish has been swimming the waters of India unknowingly. But researchers have just discovered the mysterious ...

Leaves have only three lobes, not evenly spaced. The species prefers sandy soil. The rounded, brown acorn has a downy cap that covers up to a third of the nut. Swamp chestnut oaks grow from 48 to ...

Photo Credit: iStock It used to live all across the United Kingdom, but a combination of habitat destruction by humans and people targeting the species itself led to this beautiful animal vanishing ...

Endangered and Threatened inland fish and wildlife species in Maine are listed either under Maine's Endangered Species Act [MESA], the U.S. Endangered Species Act [ESA], or both. Species listed under ...

Scientists have discovered a new dog-sized dinosaur species that roamed the Earth 220 million years ago. The Maleriraptor kuttyi is believed to be one of the earliest killer dinosaurs in history. The ...

In a possible first for B.C., a Bryde's whale — a species not generally seen north of California — has washed up on Vancouver Island. The whale washed ashore in Port McNeill Bay, on the ...

Take away these natural resources, and these icons of America will go extinct. For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has provided bedrock legal protection for nature’s most vulnerable ...

More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically endangered by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority.

Every third Friday of May, we pause to recognize the fragile existence of endangered species. We share the planet with countless animals, plants, and insects. Yet, many of them are vanishing right ...

To celebrate Endangered Species Day, we’d love to invite you to learn more about some of these amazing animals. We’ve got some fun and easy ways to join in—whether it's quizzing your nature knowledge ...

That same day, the U.S. Department of the Interior sent a proposal to the White House to weaken the Endangered Species Act by removing a single, vital word – “harm” – from the definition ...