Genetically modified chickens could be the key to protecting endangered species and bringing back extinct ones, scientists ...

Scientists have been searching for the species since it disappeared in 1933. Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct ... in which it is endemic, according to ...

Ancient Deity, Pet and Endangered Species. Why Is Axolotl Mexico's Most Beloved Amphibian? MEXICO CITY (AP) — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky ...

The endangered bird Black Shama, known locally in Cebu as Siloy, has been given an improved conservation status.

Red grouse is endemic across Britain and Ireland, being a different species from willow ptarmigan. The males exhibit striking red colouration with prominent combs attached to their faces.

People usually think of leopards in the savannas of Africa but in the Russian Far East, a rare subspecies has adapted to life in the temperate forests that make up the northern-most part of the ...

While there are no official estimates of the current axolotl population, the species Ambystoma mexicanum — endemic of central Mexico— has been catalogued as “critically endangered” by the ...