W hen discussing some of the world's rarest animals, our typical first thought is about endangered animal campaigns.To this end, there are breeding programs all over the world that give a glimmer ...

The Philippine Eagle Foundation calls this raptor one of the rarest birds in the world, with populations remaining on only four of the country’s 7,000+ islands.

Thanks to a project to install artificial nests on an island on the Paraná coast, the number of parrots almost doubled in 20 years, taking the bird from “endangered” to “near threatened ...

DENVER — One of the world’s rarest equids was born at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance this week, marking a critical step for the future of the Critically Endangered species.The baby, born ...

In order to best get a representation of a whole animal, The more genes you include, usually the better. You can even get the entire DNA sequence called the whole genome.

The Greater Bamboo lemur is on the brink of extinction. While their population has risen from just 100 to 1,000, bamboo farming and habitat loss continue to threaten their future.

The entire world’s population of Przewalski’s horses once dwindled to a mere dozen. So how did a pair named Fiona and Shrek end up in livestock auctions in the West?

Endangered sawfish spinning, dying off coast of Florida 04:07. Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and ...