Giant clams (Tridacna gigas), members of the family Tridacnidae and among the most striking inhabitants of tropical coral ...

Whether it's redfin pickerel in the Kennebec River or sturgeon in the Great Lakes, nearly one-third of freshwater fish ...

For the first time in 180 years, descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland.

Republican bills that would allow the endangered Mexican gray wolf to be killed and no longer be considered an endangered ...

A research team traveled to South Africa’s Umzimkhulu River in 2017 with a specific mission: find surviving pockets of the Maluti redfin minnow, a species declared extinct after introduced trout ...

Not all animals have the name recognition of a T. rex or a dodo. However, plenty of well-known animals have vanished from the ...

Researchers identified a new freshwater fish species in South Africa after years of genetic testing and analysis.

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

White Oak Conservation Center, founded in 1982 by donor Howard Gilman, promotes long-term conservation solutions by preserving genetically varied populations of imperiled animals. The facility is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A massive breakthrough was announced this week by the ...

Colossal Biosciences aims to freeze millions of animal samples in the hope of saving endangered species, or one day resurrecting them.