Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve populations and, with it, a core mission of modern zoos in ...

The population of the North Atlantic right whale is slowly climbing. What's behind the rise in numbers and what more can be ...

The endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, native to Southeast Asia's Mekong River, is making a comeback in Cambodia thanks to conservation efforts. Nature World News reported that there are around 105 of ...

According to Phys.org, Museums Victoria Research Institute and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin collaborated on new research that found Australian Mountain Dragon populations are suffering. The ...

Freshwater browning is stunting fish growth of some species, shrinking populations of others and changing the composition of ...

The Andean condor has been threatened with extinction for decades. At one time, the condor was considered extinct in ...

Researchers have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species' population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems. The study revealed ...

Botanists discovered a new plant species in Colombia that is already endangered, naming it Aphelandra almanegra.

There are many types of penguins, a family of flightless aquatic birds that live primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. Read ...

A new species of shrew, Soriculus dexingensis, is discovered in Tibet, raising the number of known shrew species there to six ...