Unfortunately, one million endangered species could become extinct. On World Wildlife Day, learn who is at risk and how to ...

In the penultimate episode of Crash Course Zoology, we use everything we've learned so far to try and figure out what a "species" even is anyway! As you'll see, the incredible diversity of animals ...

Some of the best known species on Earth may not be what they seem. Credit...Steve Holroyd/Alamy Supported by By Carl Zimmer Naturalists have been trying for centuries to catalog all of the species on ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

New research shows that losing threatened requiem shark species could erase millions of years of tooth evolution and squeeze ...

Seven species of pangolin could soon be federally protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, an animal which officials have called "the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal." In an ...

Late last month, the Trump administration proposed to roll back specific Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would, ...

Species conservation succeeds only when it strengthens whole ecosystems. Focusing on a single animal can harm the broader web ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Mississippi considers some animals to be inherently dangerous and others are considered to be public resources.

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...