Two African leopard cubs born recently in the central state of Guanajuato are giving the at-risk species a boost — and visitors a rare look.

Advocates say commercial alligator farming has helped preserve a species often seen as scary, bothersome or good only for their skins. Not all conservationists think that’s a good thing, but for the ...

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

Simulations of Australopithecus hominins’ anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tremendous pressure on their pelvic floors, putting them at risk of tearing ...

34 million years ago, a truly colossal mammal roamed the plains of Central Asia. Paraceratherium, a distant relative of modern rhinoceroses, may have been the largest land mammal ever to live, ...

Experts warn that the rare creature, which now survives only in a small corner of South Florida, could be pushed closer to extinction if key protections and habitat oversight continue to weaken.

The Potter Park Zoo is mourning the unexpected death, adding that Vikentii the tiger helped inspire guests to care about endangered wildlife ...

For the first time, Colossal BioSciences unveiled its Dallas labs where it is spending millions of dollars researching how to revive extinct animals and save endangered ones.

Mangrove forests protect tropical coasts from storms, store large amounts of carbon and provide vital habitats for plants and ...

The newly described species Crocodylus lucivenator existed 3.4 to 3 million years ago in present-day Ethiopia, and looked similar to the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). While largely arid ...

Wildlife officials are just weeks away from turning the water on at the Lake Mead Fish Hatchery, a facility that had to abandon raising trout as water levels dropped at the nation’s largest ...

Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or "forever chemicals," according to a new investigation.