Africa is a continent full of animals known as charismatic megafauna - that is, awe inducing beasties of large size, including elephants, rhinos, hippos, giraffes and more. But despite their size, ...

While America’s national parks are known for majestic scenery and bucket-list adventures, some of their most extraordinary ...

Blaze, a female piping plover, spent the winter in North Carolina. Pepper, a male piping plover, wintered 775 miles away in Florida. But, in a migration miracle, the federally endangered, ...

Do your children want to find nonfiction and fiction children’s books about endangered animals? Do your kids know that some animal species are extinct? And that more are in danger of extinction? The U ...

Every year on the third Friday in May, thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about, and taking action to protect threatened and endangered ...

Axolotls have permanent smiles on their faces that make them so adorable. ©axolotlowner/Shutterstock.com The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an ...

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...

TAMPA, Fla. — An endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at ZooTampa earlier this week. Its 18-year-old mother, Ubi, was pregnant for 13 months before giving birth during the overnight hours between ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Engangered Species Act (ESA) are the primary international and US policies, respectively, in place ...