"The bald eagle has been quite a nice success story, not just in Connecticut but nationwide," a DEEP biologist said.

Trevor Starks stands in the Neosho River holding a rare mussel. He’s smiling because this find is his first evidence that the mussel, a Neosho mucket, is surviving here eight months after he and other ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is proposing changes to the state’s Protected Species List and it’s asking the ...

India's grasslands often go unnoticed but are super important for many reptiles, especially some amazing non-venomous snakes.

Georgia’s list of protected animals is being updated for the first time in 20 years in 2026.

An imperiled newt only found in and around southern Oregon’s Crater Lake may soon be protected under the Endangered Species Act following a three-year legal battle. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists find ways to protect and breed the rare mammals in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists estimate there are over 8 million animal species ...

As the endangered white-handed gibbon population declines in the wild, it’s been growing at the Utica Zoo. The zoo’s adult gibbon couple, Snowflake, 38, and Yoda, 42 on June 14, had a son, Dooku, on ...