After 75 years, the blue-eyed ground dove (Columbina cyanopis) was rediscovered in 2015 in Brazil's Cerrado biome. The most ...

When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are invertebrates – ...

Conservationists from Chester Zoo are celebrating after three "incredibly rare" birds have hatched as part of an international conservation project. The blue-eyed ground doves, which were reared at ...

a group of investigators compiled International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List assessments for each species, ...

Federal officials have proposed declaring the pangolin endangered, a move that would help protect what is often considered ...

Now is the time of year many might begin to see annual fireflies lighting up yards -- a sign that summer has finally arrived. But could that beloved sight be in jeopardy?

Scavengers often get a bad rap — hyena giggles are nefarious, crows gather in “murders” and the naked necks of vultures speak for themselves. But the bodies of the dead don’t just disappear.

The species is believed to exist nowhere else except a single peak within a mountain range in southern China, researchers said.

The birth was hailed as a "significant" step toward the survival of the species, as lions are classed as "vulnerable" in the ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and an international coalition of animal protection and environmental groups are calling ...

One species of pangolin is already protected under the U.S. law, and the proposal would add the seven other widely recognized ...

The success of the test has proven that mature individuals in the artificially bred Yangtze sturgeon population have the ...