With the effects of global warming and climate change, scientists and environmentalists alike are all increasingly worried about the extinction of multiple world species. Currently, there are at ...

All three species of orangutan - the Sumatran, the Bornean, and the Tapanuli-are critically endangered. They face the threats from hunting, fires, and habitat destruction ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — This week, the world's governments are meeting in Geneva for the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of ...

From National Geographic’s Photo Ark and Joel Sartore, Vanishing: The World’s Most Vulnerable Animals ... all the way down to disaster? My goal is to get the public to care about the ...

These are all species that live in freshwater ... But according to a new report, nearly one quarter of the world's freshwater species are under the threat of extinction. The report is co-authored ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science ...

Each time a species goes extinct, the world around us unravels a bit. The consequences are profound, not just in those places and for those species but for all of us. These are tangible consequential ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction, according to new research. A detailed extinction assessment of more than 23,000 species of freshwater fauna by the ...