Perhaps one of the most striking elements of the present extinction crisis is the fact that the majority of our closest relatives — the primates — are severely endangered. About 90 percent of primates ...

An almost century-old Oregon monument has been identified as a site that is in need of conservation. On Wednesday, the ...

Conservationists warn it would open the door to more logging, mining, oil and gas drilling, home construction and other ecologically damaging ventures in places where endangered creatures live.

Three Democratic US senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether ...

The roseate tern, one of a handful of federally endangered and protected bird species in Connecticut, has about 95% of its population in the state on the island each summer. Conservationists ...

Massachusetts recognizes May 16 as Endangered Species Day, highlighting 453 endangered plants and animals. Eleven mammals are endangered, including six whale species and five bat species.