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CHESTER ZOO SUCCESSFULLY BREEDS RARE CATALAN NEWT
The critically endangered species, also known as the wild Montseny newt, is from the Montseny mountain range in north-eastern Catalonia, about 60 miles 100km north of Barcelona... READ MORE›
ALMOST HALF OF THREATENED VERTEBRATES ARE ON ISLANDS -- AND THAT COULD HELP SAVE THEM
Researchers found that 1,189 highly threatened vertebrate species -- amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals -- breed on 1,288 islands, the study in Science Advances journal said... READ MORE›
RED LIST: ASH TREES AND ANTELOPES ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
While more than 150 new endangered species have been added to the new Red List, the prospects of some have improved... READ MORE›
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SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION? TWO-THIRDS OF WILDLIFE COULD BE GONE BY 2020
In the report, the rapid extinction is blamed on habitat loss, over exploitation of resources, pollution and climate change... READ MORE›
WHAT IF ALL BUMBLEBEES WENT EXTINCT? WE'D BE IN 'A WORLD OF TROUBLE'
The rusty patched bumblebee isA now the first bee of any type in the continental U.S. to receive the endangered species designation... READ MORE›
GIRAFFES FACING EXTINCTION AFTER DEVASTATING DECLINE, EXPERTS WARN
The cage bird trade in Asia is also driving many feathered species towards extinction, including the spectacular sunset lorikeet... READ MORE›
HUMANS HAVE DESTROYED A TENTH OF EARTH'S WILDERNESS IN 25 YEARS - STUDY
The study said that wilderness was being loss faster than pristine places were being designated as protected areas, at 3.3m sq km versus 2.5m sq km... READ MORE›
GIRAFFES FACE 'SILENT EXTINCTION' AS POPULATION SHRINKS NEARLY 40 PERCENT
In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes but in 2015 the number was down to 97,562, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN ... READ MORE›
GIANT PANDAS REBOUND OFF ENDANGERED LIST
The giant panda is no longer an endangered species, following decades of work by conservationists to save it... READ MORE›
REVEALED: THE CRIMINALS MAKING MILLIONS FROM ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Many iconic animals are heading toward extinction only 30,000 rhinos are alive today, 5 percent of the number four decades ago... READ MORE›
60 PERCENT OF GLOBAL WILDLIFE SPECIES WIPED OUT
The Living Planet Report 2016, released on Thursday, blamed deforestation, pollution, overfishing, and the illegal wildlife trade for pushing species populations to the edge ... READ MORE›
THE 10 SPECIES MOST AT RISK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependant on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change... READ MORE›
NEW SPECIES OF GIBBON DISCOVERED IN CHINA
Newly recognised species given the name 'Skywalker hoolock gibbon' by the team that proved it was distinct from other Chinese gibbons... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTALISTS WARN OF BUMBLEBEE'S EXTINCTION AFTER TRUMP HALTS REGULATIONS
Order for 60-day pause on regulations not yet implemented includes protection for endangered rusty patched bumblebee, which experts say is near extinction... READ MORE›
DEATH OF ENDANGERED NORTHERN WHITE RHINO LEAVES JUST SIX OF THE ANIMALS LEFT IN THE WORLD
While there are thousands of southern white rhinos still roaming the plains of sub-Saharan Africa, decades of rampant poaching have drastically cut northern white rhino numbers... READ MORE›
HALF THE WORLD'S SPECIES COULD GO EXTINCT AND YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM
He points to biologists' predictions that half of the world's species could become extinct by the middle of the century... READ MORE›
THE WORLD IS MAKING A LAST PUSH TO SAVE ITS CUTEST PORPOISE FROM EXTINCTION. IT PROBABLY WON'T WORK.
This vaquita, or the Gulf of California harbor porpoise, was snagged as by-catch in Mexico's Gulf of California... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS INVESTIGATE DEATH OF 10,000 ENDANGERED 'SCROTUM' FROGS IN PERU
The Titicaca water frog Telmatobius culeus is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN red list on threatened species, and is endemic to the lake... READ MORE›
POACHERS USING SCIENCE PAPERS TO TARGET NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES
Journals begin withholding geographical locations after warnings the data is helping smugglers drive lizards, snakes and frogs to 'near-extinction'... READ MORE›
10 AUSTRALIAN SPECIES AT EXTREME RISK OF EXTINCTION
The federal environment minister Greg Hunt launches a strategy with measurable targets and experts discuss how to save the most at-risk species... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LARGEST GORILLA MOVED TO 'CRITICALLY ENDANGERED' STATUS
An update of International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List contains bad news about great ape species... READ MORE›
LIZARD TRAFFICKERS EXPLOIT LEGAL LOOPHOLES TO TRADE AT WORLD'S BIGGEST FAIR
International experts believe that rare species such as earless monitor lizards could not be captive-bred for sale in trade fairs... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LION AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS LIGHT UP NEW YORK
Cecil the lion and world's most endangered animals projected on Empire State Building... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE COMPOUNDING THREATS TO AUSTRALIA'S ECOSYSTEMS, STUDIES FIND
Climate change compounding threats to Australia's ecosystems, studies find... READ MORE›
LAST LEGS: THE SPECIES WITH ONLY A FEW REMAINING INDIVIDUALS - GRAPHIC
The rate of animal extinction has rocketed in the past half-century. Our graphic indicates some of the species whose numbers have dwindled to a vulnerable few... READ MORE›
IS THE WORLD RUNNING OUT OF WILDERNESS?
Essentially, they considered the entire Earth wilderness asked the question how much human encroachment is there?... READ MORE›
GORILLA SHOT DEAD AFTER BOY, 3, FALLS INTO ENCLOSURE AT CINCINNATI ZOO
Maynard said the zoo's Gorilla World area would be open as usual on Sunday... READ MORE›
COULD WE SET ASIDE HALF THE EARTH FOR NATURE?
Such areas are also increasingly seen by conservationists as key in the fight to protect nature... READ MORE›
VIDEO: WATCH A RHINO AND A LAMB MAKE FRIENDS AND PLAY TOGETHER
The video was filmed at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre HESC in South Africa... READ MORE›
IN A WORLD FIRST, JAPANESE TEAM CREATES EGGS AND SPERM OF ENDANGERED SPECIES FROM IPS CELLS
A Japanese research team has created eggs and sperm of Ryukyu spiny rats by using induced pluripotent stem cells -- the first time reproductive cells... READ MORE›
PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR LEUSER ECOSYSTEM, SUMATRAN ORANGUTANS
Protection of the Leuser ecosystem is crucial to save the critically endangered Sumatran orangutans... READ MORE›
QUEENSLAND TREE CLEARING BLAMED FOR DRAMATIC RISE IN WILDLIFE NEEDING RESCUE
In 2011-2012 - before the LNP's more liberal land-clearing regime took effect - the RSPCA treated 8,359 distressed native animals... READ MORE›
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DELAYS LISTING BUMBLEBEE AS ENDANGERED
The addition of the bumblebee to the endangered species list was scheduled for Friday... READ MORE›