This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shortly after scientists discovered the species in 1950, they realized it was in trouble. Vaquitas were regularly ...
Nov. 17, 2023 — Australia's only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds of prey from the Pleistocene period more than 50,000 ... Nov. 17, 2023 — Nature ...
Sadly, more and more animals are becoming increasingly endangered, and many are on the brink of extinction. This article will list ten such animals, some of which you probably know, but some might ...
While some species get removed from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction, others get delisted because their populations have shown signs of recovery. The agency reports that they have ...
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A pair of critically endangered vaquita porpoises swim in the Gulf of California in 2018. (Oscar Ortiz/Museo de la Ballena y Ciencias del Mar via AP) (CN) — Environmental groups sued the Interior ...
As many as two million plant and animal species are now threatened by extinction worldwide, scientists have revealed. The study, led by Dr Axel Horchkirch of the Luxembourg Musée National d ...
Climate change and land development have added another animal population to the endangered species list in Washington state. The state's Fish and Wildlife Commission said Friday that a more than ...
In the nearly 50 years since the Endangered Species Act was enacted, the law has been credited with preventing hundreds of plants and animals from disappearing forever. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t ...
An expedition through an Indonesian mountain range led to researchers capturing rare video of an endangered species that hasn't been spotted in over 60 years. Researchers with Expedition Cyclops ...
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Of all 14,669 varieties of plants and animals found in Europe that were registered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species by the end of 2020, one-fifth ...