Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction. As recently ...

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

A group of researchers successfully bred an endangered mountain frog for the first time after years of work. Their efforts ...

Researchers are calling for reforms to Australia's environmental laws, as threatened fish species continue to be legally exported. University of Queensland researchers are calling for reforms to ...

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study has shown. Australia has over 750 native bird species. But many of them are facing an ...

The Northern Prawn Fishery in northern Australia is testing new gear and technologies to reduce bycatch of endangered sawfish and sea snakes. Analysis of decades of data reveals both challenges and ...

Museum of Monoculture is a new exhibition that looks at how modern farming practices since the 1940s have impacted the ...

Great cormorants were once endangered in Japan, but now they've eaten and pooped their way onto the holy island of Miyajima's most-wanted list. India's train tracks run straight through elephant ...

Staff at a national park in Australia stopped for a lunch break and were "surprised" when an endangered predator emerged from the forest. A video of the rare encounter shows the "confident" creature ...

Scientists analyzed the DNA of commercially available shark meat. The results were alarming for conservation.