Several endangered species in the U.S. have recovered from their endangered status thanks to federal protections.

Thirty-six species found in New York are protected under federal legislation signed more than 50 years ago.

Under the new federal guidelines, inadvertent deaths of endangered animals are no longer considered illegal ...

A federal wildlife directive expands an interpretation of endangered-species protections for animals killed during logging, ...

The administration’s goal here is to allow businesses, industries and individuals to do what they want in pursuit of profit, regardless of any habitat they destroy.

Biology professor Megan Davis explains why weakening the Endangered Species Act threatens the queen conch.

Defenders of Wildlife today filed an amended complaint challenging the Trump administration’s escalating effort to dismantle ...

An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

One of Britain’s favorite national pastimes is hurting as well as helping. By Lia Leendertz The California sea lion was found dead on a beach off the Duwamish River in West Seattle, Wash., this month.

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

Would you like to see a real, live wooly mammoth? Or how about a Tasmanian tiger in the flesh? Scientists have already finagled a few ways to resurrect extinct species from their evolutionary graves.