The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change​ pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to ...

Two of Antarctica's most iconic animals are officially considered Endangered. They join a lengthy list of over 48,600 plant ...

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to ...

As lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives return this week from a spring recess, one decision they're expected to ...

By 2030, several extraordinary species may vanish forever due to habitat destruction, climate change, and human exploitation.

The status of several threatened species has been downgraded to endangered, and climate change is to blame, according to the ...

During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today's Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Unlike today's icy ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are nowhere to be found. From human activity to climate change, new animals ...

Scientists in Australia developed a program to save countless thousands of endangered green sea turtles from falling to their deaths while attempting to lay their eggs. Australia's Great Barrier Reef ...

No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival ...

Long Island species that benefit include the rufous red knot, roseate terns, four sea turtle species and piping plovers.