One of the world’s most endangered whale species could have added protection from threats posed by human marine activity, through technology developed by the University…
The critically endangered regent honeyeater is losing its “song culture” due to the bird’s rapidly declining population, according to new research from The Australian National…
The iconic sunflower sea star has been listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature following a groundbreaking population study led…
A global group of scientists is calling for an urgent rethink on a draft action plan to safeguard biodiversity. The provisional action plan[1], unveiled in…
Published today in Scientific Reports scientists hope their method will provide a blueprint to create credible fakes that could eventually flood a market that has…
You mightn’t think that the life of a dung beetle, a creature who eats poop every day of its short life, could get any worse,…
Scientists estimate surrogate-raised otters and their wild offspring account for more than half of the sea otter population growth over the past 15 years; now…
New research from Yale University is using data from prehistoric extinctions to teach valuable, real-world lessons about what happens to an ecosystem when its most…
These colorful photos of two species of Dendrobatidae, from the Reptile House at the London Zoo, feature these critically endangered amphibians in all of their…
Three years ago, a frigid sea turtle was found in the icy waters of the North Sea. Survival did not look good at the time,…