More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world's top conservation body, unveiled its list of at-risk animals ...

Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of ...

The first species on Earth were far from humans, but somewhere along the line, animals have taken a backseat to mankind's development. Pushing creatures out of their homes, hunting them down, and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo has a new resident roaming Tiger Terrace. Brosno, a three-year-old Amur tiger, recently arrived in Toledo as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Species ...

Scientists on an Indonesia island found a “giant” creature caught in a trap, the area’s first sighting of an endangered species, photos show. Photo from Hasan, Rahmawati, Guntoro, South, Valen, Tamam, ...

Specialized drones are making it easier to find and monitor some of Victoria's most elusive and endangered animals in native forests, according to new research. "Populations of our endangered wildlife ...

Saving an endangered species is rarely easy, but the path to survival seems especially hard for Southern Arizona’s rarest reptile. The Sonoyta mud turtle’s only known home in the U.S. is a fragile, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Chacoan peccary twins have been born at the Dickerson Park Zoo (DPZ). Peccaries were originally thought to be extinct, and the Zoo says the birth of these twins is a significant ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo is celebrating a rare and important arrival of an addax calf, one of the most endangered animals in the world. The calf, named Meeko, was born on Aug. 17 to mom Makena ...

WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists find ways to protect and breed the rare mammals in ...