Despite such uncertainties, conservation groups say the heightened focus on oceans is a sign of progress... READ MORE›
An individual spawning Gulf corvina, say the researchers, utters a mating call resembling a really loud machine gun with multiple rapid sound pulses... READ MORE›
Waitrose and MSC defend eco credentials of Shetland king scallops as conservation group calls for sales to be suspended... READ MORE›
Conserving individual insect species piecemeal, as is done with most endangered mammals, is extremely difficult... READ MORE›
Mark Murray-Brown, an Endangered Species Act consultant for NOAA, said right whales have been declining in abundance since 2010, with females hit harder than males... READ MORE›
Craig Hilton-Taylor, who heads the group's red list unit, said species were going extinct at a faster rate than at any time in human history... READ MORE›
President Donald Trump has suspended the import of elephant hunting trophies, only a day after a ban was relaxed by his administration... READ MORE›
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›
Pere David's deer is currently the only mammal species that is extinct in the wild but surviving in captivity... READ MORE›
In the report, the rapid extinction is blamed on habitat loss, over exploitation of resources, pollution and climate change... READ MORE›
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›
The cage bird trade in Asia is also driving many feathered species towards extinction, including the spectacular sunset lorikeet... READ MORE›
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›
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›
The giant panda is no longer an endangered species, following decades of work by conservationists to save it... READ MORE›
Many iconic animals are heading toward extinction only 30,000 rhinos are alive today, 5 percent of the number four decades ago... READ MORE›
Post to Facebook China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 The move is designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
While more than 150 new endangered species have been added to the new Red List, the prospects of some have improved... READ MORE›
Some 133 plants, 39 invertebrates, 26 fish, 10 amphibians, one reptile, one bird and one mammal have been discovered over the past 6 years in the Eastern Himalayas, the report says... READ MORE›
According to researchers, the federal Species at Risk Act Sara has faltered in its mission to protect Canada's most beleaguered wildlife, the report noted... READ MORE›
The Norwegian council for biodiversity Sabima has lobbied the government to provide a budget for farmers to maintain meadows and other ecologically important areas... READ MORE›
The Centre for Biological Diversity went to court last August to seek protection for the monarch under the endangered species act... READ MORE›
Journals begin withholding geographical locations after warnings the data is helping smugglers drive lizards, snakes and frogs to 'near-extinction'... READ MORE›
As Royal Mail launches new bee stamp set, half of British people cannot name a single bee species despite recognising the importance of the pollinators... READ MORE›
More than half of the non-referred property that appeared to require approval under the EPBC fell in Great Barrier Reef catchments... READ MORE›
The illegal wildlife trade is now the fourth most lucrative transnational crime after drugs, arms and human trafficking... READ MORE›
All agriculture and environment treaties for nature and wildlife will have to be rethought... READ MORE›
Recently photographs taken in Santa Teresita showing a group of people passing a dolphin around on dry land on two occasions have emerged... READ MORE›
At least 40 dead tiger cubs, a dead bear and various horns found at infamous Tiger Temple, wildlife officials say... READ MORE›
There are up to 600,000 African elephants but about 35,000 a year are killed by poachers... READ MORE›
International experts believe that rare species such as earless monitor lizards could not be captive-bred for sale in trade fairs... READ MORE›
Nearly 15 percent of the Earth's land, covering around 20m sq km, is contained in national parks or other protected areas... READ MORE›
Agriculture and the overexploitation of plants and animal species are significantly greater threats to biodiversity than climate change, new analysis shows... READ MORE›
Animals listed as threatened or endangered under the act are protected from being imported into the US as sport hunting trophies... READ MORE›
Climate change compounding threats to Australia's ecosystems, studies find... READ MORE›
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›
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