So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

In our “Endangered Animals Unit Study”, students will discover what it means to be at risk for extinction and various species that are currently endangered, such as the mountain gorilla, red ...

Scientists are able to take samples from the CryoBioBank to support endangered species around the globe. Dr. Terri Roth, the director of CREW, says cryopreservation has made for many success stories.

A legal scholar with a doctorate in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today issued a report identifying 10 endangered animals at risk from the Trump administration’s proposal to strip nearly all habitat protections from ...

It's a boy!Des Moines Blank Park Zoo welcomes baby Henri, a male addax calf.Henri is second addax calf born at the zoo in ...

The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed two gharial crocodile hatchlings, a critically endangered reptile. The zoo, located in Texas, is the only North American institute to successfully hatch multiple of the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday said it had found "substantial information" in petitions that eight animals and a plant should be listed under the Endangered Species Act.

Animalia Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list. The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while ...

The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.

Americans celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act late last year, serving as a reminder of the 1,662 domestic and 638 foreign species it protects. The act is credited with ...

Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn’t count as 'harm' under proposed rule The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big ...