Africa is a continent full of animals known as charismatic megafauna - that is, awe inducing beasties of large size, ...

On Friday, the Trump administration rolled back protections for a marine national monument off the coast of Cape Cod.

TAMPA, Fla. — An endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at ZooTampa earlier this week. Its 18-year-old mother, Ubi, was pregnant for 13 months before giving birth during the overnight hours between ...

Exciting news from the Fort Wayne Zoo! A baby Sumatran Orangutan named Raya was born on January 11 to proud parents Tara and Tengku.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a rare and uplifting environmental success story, the critically endangered Amur leopard is making a remarkable return to the ...

Every year on the third Friday in May, thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect threatened and endangered ...

Blaze, a female piping plover, spent the winter in North Carolina. Pepper, a male piping plover, wintered 775 miles away in Florida. But, in a migration miracle, the federally endangered, ...

The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). These adorable amphibians have feathery gills and a flattened head — they are just so squishy and cute! Axolotls ...

Nineteen new species have been added to Australia’s critically endangered list, including a wingless stonefly found in about four square kilometres of a Victorian mountain. In total, 34 new species ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s refusal to develop a national gray wolf recovery plan under the Endangered ...

More than 1,500 animal sanctuaries operate throughout the U.S., each providing its inhabitants with unique, individualized care and a forever home. Most animals that enter sanctuaries have experienced ...

India’s top wildlife photographer says his countrymen need to become more familiar with the nation’s rich but increasingly threatened biodiversity, and he has co-authored a book to help them. In ...