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›
Japan's debunked research whaling program draws more criticism at an international meeting in Geneva for targeting protected sei whales... READ MORE›
Elephant trophies Can trophy hunting really help species survival?... READ MORE›
Donald Trump says he is putting plans to reverse a ban on the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport on hold... READ MORE›
As a result, the number of African elephants has shrunk from about 5 million a century ago to about 400,000... 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›
As a result, the number of African elephants has shrunk from about 5 million a century ago to about 400,000 remaining... 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›
The Trump administration is all set to reverse the Obama-era ban on importing elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia to the United States... READ MORE›
Two cubs of critically endangered Malayan tigers lie in their enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on Nov. 14, 2017... READ MORE›
George Gruhn, a Nashville guitar salesman, says his industry has been paralyzed by regulations on rosewood, a crucial raw material... READ MORE›
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›
Federal contractors have started to build prototypes of US President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico... READ MORE›
The five-year-old orangutan cannot be safely returned to the wild because of health issues related to her albinism, according to the Borneo Orangutan Survival BOS Foundation... 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 giant panda is no longer an endangered species... 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›
DFO is asking that if anyone sees a dead, injured or entangled marine mammal to call the Marine Animal Response Society at 1-866-567-6277... 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›
The eastern gorilla has suffered a 70 percent population collapse over the past 20 years, primarily due to illegal hunting... 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›
Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependant on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change... READ MORE›
Newly recognised species given the name 'Skywalker hoolock gibbon' by the team that proved it was distinct from other Chinese gibbons... READ MORE›
US uproar over death of protected animal forces Walter Palmers practice to close, as two others attend Zimbabwean court to face poaching charges... READ MORE›
Sukau is adjacent to the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, which is a popular eco-tourism site... READ MORE›
'Let the dolphin games begin' Gruesome Japanese cove hunt spills first blood -- RT News... READ MORE›
One leading expert on animal law in the US, David Favre, said Dr Palmer is at serious risk of prosecution... 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›
He points to biologists' predictions that half of the world's species could become extinct by the middle of the century... READ MORE›
Endangered Species Act, which bans killing of imperiled animals without a special permit, but coyotes in the state are allowed to be shot on sight... 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›
Zimbabwe - along with Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa - is listed as 'positive', ie with a sustainable enough population of lions to accommodate hunting... READ MORE›
The report published in Current Biology used helicopter surveys and tracks in newly-fallen snow to trace the population of wildlife in the exclusion zone... READ MORE›
Related Stories All trade in five named species of sharks is to be regulated from now on, in a significant step forward for conservation... READ MORE›
In the wild, they can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea... READ MORE›
First us bumble bee species listed as endangered after numbers plummet... 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›
But something must have triggered this change across the entire population most likely a environmental factor, said Kock... READ MORE›
Also known as the hairy frogfish, the striated frogfish Antennarius striatus is an expert at camouflage... READ MORE›
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