A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines significantly influenced extinction patterns for animals living in the shallow oceans during the last 540 million years.

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The Trump administration wants to make economic impacts a factor in what was previously a science-based decision on what's best for threatened species.

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish evolution.

Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for human evolution research.

An animal hospital in the Florida Keys has given an endangered species of marine reptiles a second chance.The staff at The<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

A group of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The Center for Coastal Studies observed 33 out of 384 whales that remain in the world during an aerial survey.

Erecting the fence around the Western River Refuge, however, has seen the number of dunnarts increase between 90 and 100%,

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or degradation, climate change, forest fires, deforestation, and slash-and-burn and mining practices. The following are some of the species that have been newly classified as “endangered” in 2025 by the IUCN Red List:

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that critically endangered shark species may commonly be sold under false labels in U.S. grocery stores. The scientists revealed that out of 29 samples, 93% were ambiguously labeled as just "shark" meat.

The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone tribe is working with the Center for Biological Diversity to protect the endangered Dixie Valley toad. On Tuesday they asked a federal judge to allow arguments against a