Medicine & TechnologyAround 28 percent of 138,000 percent of Komodo dragons analyzed by the Union are now said to be in danger of disappearing in the wild permanently.
The population of the San Nicolas Island fox, a subspecies of the Channel Island Species is found to be declining, almost by 50 percent with just 332 foxes left several years ago.
A new study showed that seemingly, human-caused deforestation may have led to the rapid insect evolution. It has deprived insects in particular, of their ability to fly.
Conservationists have discovered the unique sperm transfer of tuataras. Surprisingly, the ancient reptiles have the fastest sperm of any reptile family, which may be due to an adaptive response to their unique mating technique.
Xerces blue butterfly has been the first insects that was pushed to extinction by human activities. With the butterfly gone, researchers identified whether the insects were just a group swarming in San Francisco Bay, or a species of their own.
According to conservation groups, the introduction of Tasmanian Devils in Maria Island has resulted in the endangering of local little penguin populations and is threatening the existence of bird species.
According to a new study of the coelacanths, the age of the fish is confirmed to be 5 times longer than the initial estimate. The coelacanths can live for up to a century
Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher at UCLA has come to be known as the Hummingbird Whisperer feeding more than 200 hummingbirds from her UCLA office window and advocating sustainable conservation efforts.
Conservationists have just sighted a giant river otter--believed to be extinct for over 40 years, in the rivers of the Impenetrable National Park, Argentina.
Conservationists are ecstatic to find Tasmanian devil joeys born in the wild of Australia after the carnivorous marsupials have been wiped out from the mainland for over 3,000 years.
South African shark hunters unexpectedly found coelacanths, a species of fish that predates the dinosaurs roughly 420 million years ago using gillnets off the coast of Madagascar.
The latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has brought some bad news for African Elephants and that's both species have been downgraded from being 'vulnerable to being 'endangered.'
A recent report on Britain's Large moth populations shows a steep decline due to increased nitrogen deposits, climate change, and pollution. Researchers now worry about its adverse implications on the ecosystem.