Environmentalists won a lawsuit forcing the federal government to decide by 2019 whether or not to list the once abundant Monarch butterfly as endangered.
Endangered Species Fertility: Researchers are now using fertility techniques developed for people — like In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — to try to bring back endangered species like Africa’s Northern White Rhino.
The Trump administration has virtually launched an assault on wildlife and endangered species protections in place in the United States for half a century…
Birders are keeping hope alive that the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker will re-appear “on the wing” somewhere in the swamps of the Southeastern U.S…
The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, African Antelope, Vaquita and Amur Leopard are among the wildlife species recently added to IUCN’s International Red List…
Scientists credit human-induced global warming with causing many wildlife species to become scrawnier with each successive generation…
Yellowstone’s grizzly bear population has bounced back since the mid-1970s, but environmentalists think the iconic predator still needs federal protection…
Dear EarthTalk: What is being done to safeguard grizzly bears now? I heard that their numbers are dwindling and they could vanish from the Lower 48 if we don’t protect them. —Jim Meth, Akron, OH Before European colonization of North America, upwards of 50,000 grizzly bears—also known as brown bears—roamed free across what is now […]
A New Crocodile Species Inhabiting the Ancient Nile Is Discovered through DNA Sequencing
Large sharks have trouble garnering sympathy & protection from overfishing is so poor that 1/3 of open ocean sharks are threatened with extinction…
