Legend has it the Eastern hellbenders slithered here straight from hell and But in the age of humans, that evolutionary asset ...

Fifty thousand years ago, North America was home to towering giants. Mammoths roamed the tundra, saber-toothed cats hunted in ...

The Endangered Species Act defines “take” as “to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old ...

Scientists say the Trump administration’s embrace of de-extinction won’t help endangered species like the Great Lakes gray ...

For the 40th year, the nonprofit has put out its list of "America's Most Endangered Rivers," a call ... as well as the species that inhabit it. "The stunning Clearwater River Basin in the Nez ...

The American genetic engineering firm Colossal ... These animals have also been hit hard by humans, and many species went extinct in the past few tens of thousands of years. Each time our ...

Editor's Note: In “The Lost Parrot,” we mistakenly characterized the Carolina parakeet as “North America’s only native parrot species.” In fact, the endangered thick-billed parrot ...

The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species... Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't ...

There are only an estimated 370 North Atlantic right whales still alive, making them one of the most endangered mammals on earth. Federal law requires people to stay at least 500 yards away from ...

The first Trump administration built long segments of steel wall on Arizona's border. Conservationists fear wildlife will ...