It’s not every day that an endangered species welcomes a new individual in the safety and security of one of the world’s ...

New research has uncovered the devastating impact of extreme weather events on one of Kenya's most beloved animals. According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Kenya's Wildlife and ...

For the first time in nearly 25 years, an Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

Herds of woolly mammoth once roamed the span of the Northern Hemisphere, from the British Isles across the Bering land bridge to the eastern shores of North America. Then, about 4000 years ago, the ...

Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, ...

JOHANNESBURG - Large seizures of elephant tusks make this year the worst on record since ivory sales were banned in 1989, with recent estimates suggesting as many as 3,000 elephants were killed by ...

An endangered Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian Zoo received its name.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia published Thursday reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered ...

A new study finds thousands of imperiled plants and animals meet Endangered Species Act criteria yet remain unlisted.

Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.” Its isolation makes the Mt. Graham red squirrel more vulnerable. It can’t find suitable habitat by going down ...