Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How many times are we asked: "What's your favorite animal?" Since I was 16, my answer has been the queen conch. I was lucky enough ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The recent description of the tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo) from Bolivia comes amid a broader reassessment of wild cat taxonomy, with genetic ...

Under the new federal guidelines, inadvertent deaths of endangered animals are no longer considered illegal Getty Images/iStockphoto; Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty The Trump administration’s ...

Sept 21 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump has scaled back regulations meant to protect endangered wildlife as part of a broader push to reduce permitting obstacles for energy, mining, agriculture ...

The Trump administration is moving to weaken federal protections for animals and plants, most recently making the killing of endangered species illegal only when intentional, according to a Sept. 14 U ...

The Herbicide Strategy is designed to provide early mitigations that minimize impacts to over 900 federal endangered and threatened (listed) species and designated critical habitat for conventional ...

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial intelligence might kill us all are blowing up right now ...

Genetic evidence has revealed a previously unknown gentoo penguin species on the remote Kerguelen Islands and shown that gentoos actually consist of four distinct species. The discovery also ...

Since headlines broke about claims AI advancement could lead to human extinction, James Downs has felt his anxiety rising. "It makes me almost feel powerless. Like, what can I do as an individual?" ...

A biology professor expresses concern over proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The queen conch, a keystone species in Florida, relies on healthy seagrass habitats to survive.

The Trump administration has finalized changes to the Endangered Species Act, prompting concern among some conservation groups about the future of protections for threatened and endangered wildlife.