Across the globe, thousands of species face the threat of extinction due to habitat loss, poaching, pollution, and climate ...

The company that brought back the dire wolf is launching a new biovault to store the genomes of the most at-risk species.

When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time—and predict its prospects for survival—they turn to DNA. But what if the genetic map guiding them belongs to the wrong animal?

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco-based nonprofit Save the Redwoods League spoke out against the federal government’s four proposed changes that would weaken Endangered Species Act regulations. The ...

An increase in Joshua Tree visitors has meant bad news for local mountain lions.

For the first time, Colossal BioSciences unveiled its Dallas labs where it is spending millions of dollars researching how to ...

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the last of the northern white rhinos. But scientists are only beginning to ...

While a college student in the early 1990s at Northwestern, Peter Alagona became fascinated with the red-hot controversies swirling endangered species, from the California condor and desert tortoise ...

When I saw that two wildlife investigators were speaking at CrimeCon, an annual true crime convention held last month in Denver, my curiosity was piqued. I’ve profiled a number of people who work in ...

Wildlife PS Sylvia Museiya awards Isiolo Complex KWS game rangers during the World Rhino Day celebrations at Elsa Grounds in Isiolo, on September 22, 2025. [Ali Abdi, Standard] The State will support ...

Since few species have their own sequenced genome, scientists often use the DNA of a related species as a stand-in — a shortcut that can distort research findings. A new study published in Cell shows ...