When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking ...

At the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia, scientists are breeding and studying over 20 endangered species to prevent extinction. The facility’s work ranges from genetic research ...

The Wilder Institute restores endangered species through science and community conservation. The Wilder Institute in Calgary protects endangered species through community conservation, translocations, ...

black and white ferret in the hands of a man© Gera Photo/Shutterstock.com One of North America’s most endangered species is getting a new lease on life thanks to technological innovations. This past ...

TACOMA, Wash. — South Puget Sound just welcomed some new fuzzy friends to the community. Nine red wolf pups were born April 18 at a Point Defiance Zoo facility to first-time mother Violet, the zoo ...

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Cells and tissue from hundreds of endangered Asian elephants will be stored in Colossal Biosciences' new biobank. Cells and tissue from hundreds of endangered Asian elephants will be stored in ...

The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is playing a critical role in saving an endangered species of penguins, while provding visitors with a favorite exhibit. Inside the Cal Academy ...

Currently, the planet is undergoing its sixth mass extinction event. While mass extinctions have occurred naturally in the ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) have introduced the Extinction Prevention Act of 2026, ...

Indian conservationists Parveen Shaikh and Barkha Subba have won the prestigious Whitley Awards 2026, widely known as the ...