Still, there are things we can do to alleviate extinction rates, such as designating an area a wildlife refuge or a species as “protected,” or even creating a wildlife-friendly space in your own ...

In 2025, the IUCN Red List officially declared several animal and plant species extinct, highlighting global biodiversity ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

One famous snail’s death highlights the plight faced by diverse Hawaiian snails, of which there were once hundreds of species ...

As new species are discovered around the world, others are disappearing without a trace. Amphibians are facing existential threats on a global scale, leading some researchers to believe they’ve ...

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 ...

Curitiba, Brazil used to be forests, wetlands, fields and streams before it was developed over the last half-century. Gilberto Jacob via Unsplash As new species are discovered around the world, others ...