Research finds that appetite for bushmeat – rather than the black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – ...

Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.

In a step towards conservation, three White-Rumped Vultures – classified as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List — have been successfully ...

“This is a species on the very brink,” said Weber, in a statement. While the IUCN currently estimates that there are somewhere between 600 to 1,000 mature Upemba lechwe, the survey recorded ...

Trail camera in New South Wales national park recorded a Leadbeater’s possum, critically endangered species long thought to be locally extinct, officials said.

Ecologists with the New South Wales (NSW) threatened species team set up trail cameras throughout Kosciuszko National Park “to survey for the critically endangered smoky mouse,” the NSW Office ...

Two critically endangered honeycreeper species endemic to Kaua‘i, the ‘akikiki and ‘akeke‘e, have faced population declines of more than 99% in the past two decades.

Critically endangered magnolia species Parakmeria omeiensis blossoms on Emei Mountain in Southwest -China's Sichuan Province. Photo: Courtesy of Yu Daoping. Known among Chinese botanists as the ...

The Foundation’s AI team both created and provided a custom, advanced machine learning algorithm capable of detecting the unique calls of this Critically Endangered species, one of the dodo’s ...

Endangered axolotls bred in captivity can survive in wild, study finds The findings could aid conservation efforts for the beloved species, which is found in only one Mexico City lake. April 30, 2025 ...

Under the Endangered Species Act, hybrid organisms are typically not protected. So by cloning one of these animals, Colossal likely sidestepped the need for ESA permits.

“As a conservation zoo, many of the animals we look after are critically endangered. This means their genetics are extremely valuable to the survival of a species as a whole. As science ...