Researchers capture first-of-its-kind footage of rare species behavior: 'These findings broaden our understanding'

Planarians are a curious class of flatworms characterized by a simple, ladder-like nervous system. Some subspecies display ...

New faces at the Houston Zoo include endangered species and a fuzzy first

Norah, a Baird's tapir born on July 23, is already mingling with capybaras, giant anteaters and swans in the Pantanal habitat ...
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Oil and gas group says endangered species protections are ‘draconian’

Last month, the lesser prairie chicken lost its federal protections after a yearslong legal battle between conservationists ...
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Southeast Florida's largest undeveloped beach is a sanctuary for endangered species

Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge is split by the Indian River Lagoon into two tracts: the island tract ...

Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river

WUHAN, China -- A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in ...

Traps set in search of rare species in Wales marsh capture something ‘even rarer’

In July and August, researchers set up light traps in Cors Goch Nature Reserve in Anglesey in search of a rare caddisfly species called Limnephilus tauricus, according to a Sept. 17 news release from ...

States and Landowners Are Key to Recovering Rare Species. Stop Penalizing Them.

Federal rules under the Endangered Species Act often treat landowners as adversaries. Recent court victories suggest a better ...

New Zealand's bold plan to save endangered animals: kill millions of invasive animals

Many of New Zealand's unique birds are heading toward extinction. So the country is taking on an ambitious conservation ...
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Southern California Butterfly Declared Endangered Species Candidate

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Quino checkerspot butterfly a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting ...

‘Sun' creatures - with ‘colored' wings - are new endangered species in Australia

The Gunggari sun moths were found east of Mungallala in Queensland, according to the study. This species should also be ...

Iguana's "virgin birth" hailed by zookeepers as "one of the rarest events in the animal kingdom"

"When we confirmed the eggs were fertile without any contact with a male, our jaws hit the floor," a U.K. zoo director said ...