YANACOCHA RESERVE, Ecuador (AP) — Deep in the Ecuadorian Andes, an ancient forest stands as a final sanctuary against the ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

Extinction has always been final — until now. Advances in genome sequencing, cloning, and genetic engineering have given ...

Turtle doves are being pushed closer to the brink of extinction in England by invasive deer eating their hedgerow habitats.

Andean condors are the biggest raptors in the world — and are vital to their ecosystem ...

Scientists are cataloguing life on Earth at a pace that would have seemed impossible a generation ago, yet a growing share of ...

The Endangered Species Act is no help yet.

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...