The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

From three species of Arctic seals to more than half of all birds globally, several animals have slipped closer to extinction ...

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Scientists celebrate rare conservation wins as 20 species recover worldwide.

A new global study reveals that nearly one in four freshwater animal species is at high risk of extinction, scientists warn.

A shark only just formally discovered might already be extinct - a fate no shark has yet suffered in the human era - while an Amazon river dolphin has become endangered, a Red List of species in ...

A coral species believed to be extinct, Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, believed to be extinct for 24 years was recently ...