In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Nearly 300 birds, fish, mammals and other critters have federal protection in the Golden State.

Threats, Recovery Stories, and How We Can Help Across the globe, endangered species face a web of threats that undermine ecosystems and the services they provide. This piece explains the main ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica ...

The first Earth Day, in 1970, came in response to a series of environmental disasters. The pesticide DDT was devastating bird ...

There’s enough gloomy wildlife news out there, so here’s a refreshing shift: some animals have pulled off impressive comebacks. Thanks to decades of conservation work and global cooperation, several ...

Prepare yourselves, folks – there’s an adorably scrungly new baby bird in town at San Antonio Zoo. The young Micronesian ...

Conservationists are giving a critically endangered species a second chance in Kansas.

Climate change is pushing two iconic Antarctic species — the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal — toward the brink of extinction, a new assessment finds. The new listings, published Wednesday ...

The Northern Territory plans to phase out barramundi gillnets by next year, but a rollback on camera monitoring means 80 ...

Colossal Biosciences made a record-breaking 20 edits across 14 genes in gray wolf cells by adding extinct dire wolf DNA. This was the first time ancient DNA has been used to bioengineer an extinct ...