Area of Focus: Endangered Species

Species likely imperiled by illegal wildlife trade are not all protected by international safeguards

Indigenous leaders and researchers say recovery targets fall short for culturally important species

Canada’s rarest mammal is returning thanks to captive breeding and reintroduction

Climate change and past fire suppression had led to damaging wildfires

Living cell banks keep genetic samples of endangered species

The proposed changes would revoke several changes made during the previous administration

Over the past century, the southwestern willow flycatcher’s genome has changed

Researchers worry it points to underlying health problems in the struggling population

Taking people into account can improve outcomes for wildlife

A spring count offers optimism for the threatened shorebird