As a field biologist with a Master of Science degree, I get to see daily the vital importance invertebrates contribute to our ecosystem.The services they perform, including but not limited to ...

It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their ...

As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists have long worried that mountain species are on an "extinction ...

The status of eight fish on the list remains unchanged, and only two—the gilt darter and silver chub—are classified as ...

The team packed the hellbenders up and drove to a river in Middle Tennessee, where biologists donned wet suits and snorkels and hopped into the cold streams. They deposited the hellbenders under the ...

Tree kangaroos are marsupials found in Australian, Indonesia, and New Guinea rainforests. These cute leaf-eaters look like a ...

Two studies of wild chimps point to the evolutionary roots of human language. The studies found that chimp communication ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

Nobody in NY has laid eyes on a lake chubsucker, for example, since 1939 ... species can be chalked up to poor water quality and habitat destruction. The updated list of endangered fish is ...

When House Republicans proposed the so-called Fix Our Forests Act to clear the way for more logging, Sen. Alex Padilla, led a ...

Modern crocodilians conceal a much richer evolutionary history than meets the eye. A recent study sheds light on the secrets ...