Some 28 percent of the 138,374 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for its survival watchlist are now at high risk of vanishing forever, the global conse
Click arrows to view gallery Divers in Greece spotted a rare sight of hundreds of endangered seahorses in the Aitoliko lagoon.The protected species is threatened by o
04:04 Among 17 deer species in China, the Hainan Eld's deer is among the rarest. Once on the edge of extinction with only 26 deer in existence, the population has seen
Aquaculture company owner Zheng Jinliang and his grandaughter have been devoting in cultivating endangered fish species. Over the past 18 years, they released 160 milli
00:33 A rare yellow turtle has been spotted and rescued by a wildlife biologist in southeastern India. Wildlife experts say it is possibly an albino mutation of a common turtle. Albini
Anewspeciesofantwhichcandetonateitsbodywhenthreatenedhasbeendiscoveredbyscientists.AresearchteamfromAustria,ThailandandMalaysiafoundtheinsects,Colobopsisexplode
Ahermitcrab,ashiny-eyedshrimpandacrabwithfuzzyspinesareamongoveradozennewspeciesdiscoveredinadeep-seaexpeditionofftheIndonesianislandofJava,scientistssaid.Thete
Theworld'smostpopularanimalsareinmoredangerthanwerealise,accordingtoanewstudy.Asurveyofthepublic'sperceptionssuggestsmanypeopleareunawarethattheanimalstheyconsi
Theextravagantlengthsthatmaleswillgototobedamemberoftheoppositesexcancomeattheriskofextinctionforsomespecies,researcherssaidWednesday.Sexualselection,howanimals
Researchersareusingastronomicaltechniquesusedtostudydistantstarstosurveyendangeredspecies.Theteamofscientistsisdevelopingasystemtoautomaticallyidentifyanimalsus
Europe'smountainsummitsareflushwithnewplantspecies,agreeningthathasincreasedinlock-stepwiththeaccelerationofglobalwarmingsincethemid-20thcentury,researcherssaid
In2013,twobiologistsnamedJamieVoylesandCorinneL.Richards-ZawackispentweekssloggingupanddownmountainsidesinPanama.“Wewerebug-bittenandbeatup,”recalledDr.Voyles,n
Globalwarmingcouldplace25to50percentofspeciesintheAmazon,Madagascarandotherbiodiverseareasatriskoflocalisedextinctionwithindecades,areportsaidWednesday.Thelower
Fromcutting-edgeDNAbarcodingtosmartphoneappsthatcanidentifyillegalwildlifesales,conservationistsareturningtohi-techtoolsintheirbattleagainstIndonesia'sanimaltra
NearlyafifthofEurope'swoodbeetlespeciesareonthebrinkofextinctionbecausetheold,decayingtreestheydependonhavebeenclearedfromforests,scientistswarnedMonday.Manysap
Atfirstglance,thecost-benefitratioofablood-onlydietsuggeststhatvampirebats–theonlymammalstofeedexclusivelyonthevicious,ruby-redelixir–flewdownanevolutionaryblin
Federalscientistshavedeterminedthatafamilyofwidelyusedpesticidesposesathreattodozensofendangeredandthreatenedspecies,includingPacificsalmon,AtlanticsturgeonandP
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