For the first time, scientists managed to turn cloned male mouse embryos into females, giving life to healthy and fertile ...
Several endangered species in the U.S. have recovered from their endangered status thanks to federal protections.
DNA analyses of ancient remains have revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species that inhabited southern Siberia ...
Why large numbers of reptile species face extinction and what that means for our ecosystem. Globally, about 20 percent of reptile species are facing the threat of extinction. That ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
A Wyoming ranch dog dragged home a small masked carcass one September night, and the local taxidermist took one look before ...
The Supreme Court once billed the Endangered Species Act as “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of ...
The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...
Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...
Changes to the Endangered Species Act may leave iconic Georgia wildlife like the right whale vulnerable.
Conservation groups sued the Fish and Wildlife Service for its failure to formalize a protection proposal made under the Biden administration.
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