The IUCN maintains its Red List of Threatened Species — the animals, fungus and plant species across the globe at risk of extinction. The group is an international mix of government and civil ...

New research has revealed that species that are more social live longer and produce offspring for a greater time-span. This is the first study on this topic which spans the animal kingdom ...

Paleontologists have identified fossils of an ancient species of bug that spent the past 450 million years covered in fool's gold in central New York. The new species, Lomankus edgecombei ...

On Monday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated its Red List of Threatened Species. As part of that update, the group also published the first Global Tree Assessment ...

The Earth is home to an incredible diversity of bird species, living in practically every habitat, from the open oceans to the arid deserts. In some parts of the world, these animals have adapted and ...

Trees account for more than a quarter of the species on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List. The number of threatened trees is more than double the number of ...

The list reveals how “the loss of trees directly threatens thousands of other species, plants, fungi and animals, demonstrating how deeply interconnected our natural world is,” Grethel Aguilar ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - McCain Maximo runs back into the trees filled with bridled tern nests on the northern end of the sand ...

Discover some of the animal species moving closer to extinction in the latest IUCN’s Red List – and why their populations are declining The IUCN Red List, updated earlier today, details a ...

The findings, announced on Monday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, are especially sobering given the amount of life that trees sustain. Countless species of other ...

Scientists reviewing the conservation status of the world’s bird populations have confirmed that four UK shorebird species have seen significant declines in numbers. As a result, Grey Plovers, Dunlins ...

Here, by using an unprecedented number of animal species, this work has demonstrated that species that are more social (most monkeys, humans, elephants, flamingos, and parrots) display longer life ...