Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the most endangered sea turtle species on Earth, live in some of the noisiest waters on the ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Wildlife (NCW) has documented a rare sighting of a leatherback sea turtle in the Red Sea, ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

For centuries, massive teeth found along coastlines puzzled scientists and naturalists. Researchers later discovered these ...

If added to the Endangered Species List, the shark would be the first granted protections under the current Trump ...

One day in August, 1875, a grayish-blue parrot was shot on a small island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. It was the last time a Rodrigues parakeet was known to be seen alive. In the first and ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972, has prevented the extinction of marine mammal species in U.S. waters. Proposed legislation threatens to weaken the act by restricting scientific data ...

Learn about a new conservation initiative that will preserve frozen samples collected from more than 10,000 species.

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