Aug. 29, 2023 — When infants are involved in agonistic conflicts, male crested macaques (Macaca nigra) are more likely to respond to screams from their own offspring. This is the conclusion of a ...
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Sep. 25, 2023 — A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction, akin to when the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years ..
The world is home to an incredible diversity of animal life, with an estimated 8.7 million species on Earth. However, many of these animals are now facing the threat of extinction. One of the ...
A species of whale native to the Gulf of Mexico whose population have dwindled to less than 100 were listed as endangered on Friday under the federal Endangered Species Act, but conservationists say ...
Jeff Akin had to bite his tongue. He was chatting with a neighbor about efforts to protect and grow the area’s red wolf population. The endangered wolves are equipped with bright orange radio ...
Researchers are calling for urgent protections for corpse flowers in the Rafflesia genus, which live only in remote rainforests of Southeast Asia Margaret Osborne Daily Correspondent Most plants ...
Scientists believe we are currently in the middle of earth’s sixth mass extinction. Unlike the previous five, this one is human caused. Humans have made unrelenting changes to our planet causing ...
A U.S. District Judge allowed the sale of millions of acres of oil lease sales, saying the Endangered Species Act was being weaponized. United States District Court Judge James D. Cain Jr. granted ...
Correction: This story has been updated after Coast Guard officials identified the whales spotted in the Gulf of Mexico as sperm whales. They had previously identified them as critically ...
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Nine pups were born over the past week in the zoo, which will help bring the critically endangered species back from the brink of extinction. Four dead sawfish were found on a beach in Western ...