The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a framework to protect and recover species at risk of extinction, both domestically and abroad. Enacted in 1973, it has been credited with saving 99 percent ...

According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ... The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is a United Nations Convention that regulates the ...

A total of 998 babies across 143 species were born in 2024, the organization announced in a March 27 news release. “This milestone surpasses the previous year’s record, which had set the highest ...

More than 1,600 animals and plants are protected, or “listed,” as endangered or threatened in the United States. But there are hundreds more waiting for protection under this crucial law.

The monarch butterfly's migratory journey from Canada —through Oregon — to Mexico is a breeze compared with the federal ...