Early one morning in 1985, a pair of researchers trekked into a spit of Colombian rainforest surrounded by coffee plantations. Their task was to identify all the epiphytes — plants that grow on other ...

A small, slender shrub once written off as lost to history has reappeared in the red dirt of remote northern Australia, forcing scientists to rewrite the fate of a species they had already mourned.

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

New research identifies 10,443 critically endangered species worldwide, with effective protection strategies available if funding and political will follow. More than 1,500 species, or 15% of the ...

A plant that was once considered to be extinct is now flourishing thanks to help from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.The rare plant, called the running buffalo clover, was officially taken ...

A local city council in New Zealand is helping restore two rare native plant species so they don't become extinct. As the Wellington Scoop shared, the Hutt City Council is working to ensure the ...

A plant thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in northern Queensland after 58 years, with the help of a community-driven species identification smartphone app. Ptilotus senarius, which belongs ...

Somewhere in the red dust of inland Australia, a small plant with woolly, bottlebrush-like flower spikes has been quietly ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) have introduced the Extinction Prevention Act of 2026, ...

American bald eagles need towering trees to raise young. Blanding’s turtles thrive in undisturbed freshwater habitats. Presidio manzanita, an evergreen shrub, requires unusual serpentine soils to grow ...