Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.
In this August 2018 photo, a shark swims on a reef in Ailinginae Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (Allen Coral Atlas, Greg Asner via AP) (CN) —The impact of climate change on land can be felt viscerally ...
The animals that live on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's sprawling 32,000 acres in Northern Virginia are connected by one thing: the threat of extinction. Tucked away in the foothills ...
The elusive but always welcome gentle giant of the seas – te whai rahi the oceanic manta ray – has been assigned a threatened ...
The Environmental Protection Agency will downsize its vulnerable species pilot project, retreating from plans to severely restrict pesticide applications on more than 100 million acres in 29 states to ...
While social media is a great way to share nature's beauty with others, wildlife experts warn that it could have dangerous consequences for endangered species as more people flock to see them. As the ...
As Trump administration looks to change Endangered Species Act, vulnerable animals in CT are at risk
Each spring on Falkner Island, which sits about three miles off the coast of Guilford, hundreds of roseate terns flock to the uninhabited five-acre island to breed and nest during the warm summer ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of Mexico's Caribbean reef island of Banco Chinchorro near Belize have hunted the meat and salmon-pink shells of queen conch for generations. As populations have shrunk in ...
Some species of marine turtles (not including flatbacks) migrate vast distances between foraging areas and nesting beaches. In 2020, researchers tracked a loggerhead swimming 37,000 kilometers from ...
Climate change and other human-caused factors continue to put many species at risk, according to conservation groups. But a social media post misleadingly claims polar bears, whales and koala ...
Among sharks and rays, species within the first four million years of existence are significantly more likely to go extinct than older species, according to a study led by researchers from the ...
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