By Shanna Hanbury Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically ...

To mark Endangered Species Day, we're highlighting some of the most profound and visually striking documentaries that delve into the pressing issue of wildlife conservation. These films go beyond ...

Wattled cranes are the largest crane species in Africa. They are only found on the continent and there are only about 9,600 left in Zambia, Botswana, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia ...

The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and ...

Because there are so many living across a very wide area, they are not yet an endangered species, although nearly so. There are huge parts of Africa where beetles are protected.

Despite steep population declines driven by poaching, habitat loss, and inbreeding, only one species—Temminck's pangolin of Africa—is currently protected under the US Endangered Species Act.

As a pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis), Moo Deng belongs to the rarer of the two extant species of hippo in the world. The more well-known one is the common hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius).

The new species’ common name refers to the Umzimkhulu River where it was first discovered and, so far, the only area where it has been found. The river is in eastern South Africa and a roughly ...