Area of Focus: Endangered Species

July 3, 2024

JWM: Indigenous knowledge informs Alaska wolf listing

Alaska Indigenous people have lived alongside wolves for centuries

June 27, 2024

A new list documents ‘lost’ birds

Researchers tallied 126 species not seen in a decade

June 26, 2024

As grizzlies mate with polar bears, concerns about hybrids grow

Researchers worry hybrid bears may be unfit for the harsh Arctic

June 25, 2024

Global efforts fall short in preventing extinctions

Researchers found that thousands of species around the world lack adequate protections

June 18, 2024

Cameras reveal the social lives of urban sea turtles

A threatened California population is surprisingly tolerant of one another

June 18, 2024

Nonprofits’ efforts aid threatened frog in Quebec

The Canadian government has provided $8.2 million to benefit the western chorus frog

June 13, 2024

Canada authorities find narwhals no longer at risk

The species was one of 12 whose statuses were being reconsidered

June 12, 2024

Giant pangolins rediscovered in Senegal after quarter century

The species was believed to be extirpated from Niokolo-Koba National Park

June 7, 2024

New Jersey seeks to remove bald eagles, ospreys from endangered list

Plans also call for downlisting the bobcat to threatened

June 4, 2024

Researchers discover rare sea turtle nesting site in Louisiana

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles make a surprise appearance on islands east of New Orleans