Etiket: Endangered Species

Up to half of garden birds die of cold and hunger in winter. Here’s how to help them survive.

Lisbon Zoo has marked World Animal Day by announcing the birth of an oryx that was previously declared extinct in the wild. The scimitar oryx ...

Ecuadorian authorities are investigating the “hunting and slaughter” of four endangered Galápagos giant tortoises. Killing these majestic ...

The dugong, a species of so-called sea cow that roams the ocean floor in Asia and Africa and is said to have inspired ancient legends of mermaids ...

The plight of vaquitas has only worsened in recent years, but scientists have some relatively good news about the little porpoise. Despite only ...

Representative Liz Cheney has drawn most of the attention in the race for Wyoming’s lone congressional seat thanks to her vocal denunciations of ...

WASHINGTON — After decades of legal fighting over hydroelectric dams that have contributed to the depletion of salmon populations in the Pacific ...

It is a scene that has played out countless times across the swamps and wetlands of northern Australia: A family of feral pigs went down to the ...

Whether it’s a cicada’s earsplitting drone, a bee’s blaring buzz or a cricket’s incessant chirp, insects are a staple of summer’s score. And ...

LONDON — Millions of years before the first (alleged) sighting of the Loch Ness monster, populations of giant reptiles swam through Jurassic seas ...

It all started with extinction. An Extinction Marathon, actually: 12 hours of people talking about how species die out and what happens when they ...