Researchers found remains of a thriving marine community that existed at the beginning of the Dinosaur Age in the Arctic ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 are threatened with extinction. On that list are 17,903 marine species that ...

Tigers once roamed from Turkey to China and as far north as Russia and south to Indonesia. Today, they inhabit around 6% of their ancient grounds and are on the brink of extinction. These beautiful ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

A trio of researchers with the Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology, Lincoln Park Zoo, has discovered some of the traits that many species of plants and animals facing extinction have in ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

The new freshwater mussel species was discovered in the Nanbanhe River in China’s Yunnan Province, according to a study. Chen Z-G, Dai Y-T, Chen H, Hu H-F, Jiang J, Guo L, Ouyang S, Zhao X-X, Wu X-P ...

ANDERSON — There is no activity that coincides with summer quite like catching lightning bugs, also known as fireflies. Experts have been noticing fewer lightning bugs in the area, leading some to ...

A new University of Michigan study has found that higher levels of biodiversity—the enormous variety of life on Earth and the species, traits and evolutionary history they represent—appear to reduce ...

MISSOURI, USA — Lights in the Midwest's summer nights have grown dimmer over the past decades. The glowing flicks of fireflies, or lightning bugs, trigger nostalgia and deeply held childhood memories ...

Critics of proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act say the move could affect efforts to save species facing extinction Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...