Quick Take Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025. Habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and hunting are the ...

Across the globe, a small number of animal species are now so rare that only a few individuals remain in the wild. Habitat ...

Somewhere on Earth, species are vanishing faster than ever. The 2025 IUCN Red List update revealed that nearly 49,000 species ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has been chronically slow to protect animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act, ...

The first species on Earth were far from humans, but somewhere along the line, animals have taken a backseat to mankind's development. Pushing creatures out of their homes, hunting them down, and ...

If granted protections, the species would be the first to be protected under the current Trump administration.