The two-inch snail darter became a symbol for regulatory overreach in the 1970s. New research suggests the fish was not an endangered species — or even a species.

Why does the great crested newt always get the blame? In recent weeks Government ministers have singled them out as the ...

A group of endangered snails are getting a second lease on life in a remote Portuguese archipelago. The Guardian reports that ...

The collar on 907F, one of the best-known gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park, signaled "mortality" last week—indicating ...

Circular economic thinking treats waste as a “design flaw” 20, which can be mitigated and eventually ... including rare, threatened and endangered species, priority forest types and landscapes, soil ...

Circular economic thinking treats waste as a "design flaw"20, which can be mitigated ... threatened and endangered species, priority forest types and landscapes, soil types, topography and ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction due to a multitude of threats, according to new research.

A quarter of freshwater animals, including fish, insects and crustaceans, are at high risk of extinction due to threats ...

Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many ...

A decades-long effort to save a critically endangered Hawaiian crow from extinction is taking a new strategy—relocating the ...