Feb. 3, 2025 — A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's priority species. The research highlights the urgent need ...

Unique animals in the U.S.

The Nicobar megapode, which has been listed as “vulnerable to extinction” under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list, is found only in Nicobar. Named for their enormous ...

Keep reading to find out more about the life of a butterfly. Most butterfly species only live for a few weeks. The exceptions are migratory species, such as monarch butterflies, mourning cloaks, and ...

Each hive contains anywhere from 10,000 to 60,000 bees. Unfortunately, some species have sadly gone extinct, while others are only locally extinct but are threatened globally. Wherever there are ...

What is an invasive species? An invasive species is a non-native species (including seeds, eggs, spores, or other propagules) whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic harm, ...

The production of transgenic livestock has the opportunity to significantly improve human health, enhance nutrition, protect the environment, increase animal welfare, and decrease livestock disease.

Feb. 11, 2025 — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native ...

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California Human activities are the most prominent cause of species extinction today, but not the only one.

February 11, 2025 • Monty's competition included a bichon frisé called Neal, a Skye terrier named Archer, a whippet and repeat runner-up known as Bourbon and a shih tzu called Comet who's been ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would respond if attacked. The armed group, which has gained ...