The shortfin mako shark is on the brink of extinction due to overfishing, yet genetic analysis reveals that Atlantic ...

The 8-inch, bright pink slug has been isolated in a "sky island" for millions of years.

Chicago's leading nature and wildlife institutions are teaming up in a major new initiative to save endangered species. It was announced as part of a worldwide effort Friday called "Reverse the Red ...

The University of New Mexico's Museum of Southwestern Biology, Natural Heritage New Mexico, and the New Mexico BioPark Society have announced the launch of a new website, the New Mexico Rare Arthropod ...

Horseshoe crabs are often referred to as the "living fossils" of our planet — the four known species, including three in Asia ...

See All Key Ideas The most extensive global assessment of freshwater animals to date has revealed that a quarter of all freshwater animal species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction.

Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid slammed into our planet and began a mass ...

EXCLUSIVE: A24 and Picturestart are teaming on The Masque of the Red Death, a wildly revisionist and darkly comedic take on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allen Poe, and are in ...

Take a look at my personal tier list here: Simon Cardy's Nintendo Console Tier List The NES was the first console I ever played and have deep-rooted memories of playing the original Super Mario Bros., ...

The Ganges River dolphin was listed as endangered on the 1996 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List; in the Appendix I of CITES (Convention on International Trade in ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

These names — and more — are among the entries on BabyCenter’s latest list of 2025’s “Baby Names at Risk of Going Extinct,” as based on data submitted by registered users of the ...