The caper-fruited tropidocarpum, a green plant with a small, yellow flower, was found on a ridge top in Contra Costa County’s ...

In the heart of Baldwin County, a major investment is helping preserve one of Alabama’s most unique treasures. The Graham ...

Pankaj Kumar has spent 25 years trekking through Asia's deepest forests looking for rare orchids and has discovered 38 ...

The results are published in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, the world’s most trusted source of information on ...

Managing and protecting endangered plant and animal species found on U.S. Army installations has always been challenging. Now, with the number of these species expanding and the rules regarding their ...

As Hawaii continues its effort to contain wildfires across the Big Island and Maui, and a climbing death toll leaves residents shell-shocked, scientists across the United States have begun to take ...

Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet ...

When lawmakers discuss protecting the threatened and endangered species in local habitats, they mostly think about the Florida manatee, the leatherback sea turtle or the red-headed woodpecker. But ...

Massachusetts recognizes May 16 as Endangered Species Day, highlighting 453 endangered plants and animals. Eleven mammals are endangered, including six whale species and five bat species. Endangered ...

The ongoing global recovery of the green turtle is a powerful example of what coordinated global conservation over decades ...

Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from extinction, a group that might not seem like it ...