The Endangered Species Act defines “take” as “to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, ...

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

Changing the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, as the Trump administration proposes, could overhaul the ESA ...

Researchers and conservationists remind the public to respect the whales’ space. It is illegal to approach a North Atlantic right whale within 500 yards without a federal research permit. Still, from ...

Red Wolves are nearly extinct in the wild. A recently discovered canid in Texas may help save the wolves' declining numbers.

A black bush-tailed monkey was recently born in a forest park in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, marking a significant ...

A new butterfly species, Satyrium curiosolus, was discovered in a recent study at Blakiston Fan in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. It has unique evolutionary history, having likely remained in ...

From the mines of Papua New Guinea to the water tanks of India, here are where researchers are finding new species.

This story shows that you don't have to be a scientist to look out for lost species. Family discovers rare species thought to be extinct for over a century in home garden: 'We expect more reports in ...

Footprints of tail-clubbed armored dinosaurs, ankylosaurids, have been discovered for the first time, thanks to fossil ...