Three African wild dogs from the Mayukuyuku pack traveled a remarkable 2,563 miles across Zambia. Their journey, lasting ...

Slaughterhouses are places most people never want to go, and might seem like unlikely places to search for rare or endangered species. In West Africa, however, they are among the last places one can ...

By Victoria Schneider The brown clockfig, an extremely rare succulent growing in the hot, arid border region of Namibia and ...

One of the hardest challenges in wildlife conservation arises when the habitat of a species in need of protection overlaps with land used by humans. Wolves and bears can kill livestock, elephants can ...

The overall declining trend of both African elephant species calls for increased support by donors, governments of the elephant range states, and the international community to ensure that elephant ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Audubon Aquarium welcomed a tiny, new chick to the colony of African penguins. According to Audubon Nature Institute, the critically endangered African penguin chick hatched on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a portrait of an african hunting dog (Lycaon pictus) looking at the camera© Steve Adams/iStock via Getty Images The post Painted ...

The owning and trading of antiques and other objects derived from endangered species is a topic fraught with ethical and ...

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 endangered by the IUCN ...

An endangered African penguin chick recently hatched at the Lincoln Park Zoo just in time for the holiday season. In a news release issued Thursday, the zoo reported the healthy chick hatched Oct. 1 ...