Endangered Species

For SpaceX to move ahead with Starship plans in Texas, it must reduce harm to endangered species, according to documents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Forrest Galante is trying to fight some of the misconceptions about animals that can contribute to their extinction. In “Mysterious Creatures,” a show on Animal Planet and Discovery+, Galante mediates the conflicts between humans and wildlife while trying to protect the animals. He told LX News host Tabitha Lipkin about trying to rescue a herd of elephants that were terrorizing...

A man in Revere, Massachusetts, found a rare fish on the beach. After reporting it, state officials are looking into how the endangered species ended up there. “It looked like prehistoric, like a living dinosaur. I’ve never seen something that looked that way,” said Erik Haigh, who lives near Revere Beach. At first, he thought it was a tire...

The Australian Koala Foundation estimates that there are less than 100,000 Koalas left in the wild, possibly as few as 43,000.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared one of Southern California’s rarest butterflies — the Hermes copper butterfly — as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act Monday. The agency also designated 35,000 acres in San Diego County as protected critical habitat. “The Hermes copper butterfly is one of several threatened or endangered butterflies in our region,” said Paul…

Conservation scientists at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance reported the first confirmed hatching of two California Condor chicks from unfertilized eggs.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it can not locate a trace of 23 species that were previously endangered, including the ivory-billed woodpecker and other Pacific birds and bats, 8 species of river mussels, and some plants.

The rare pink iguanas of Galapagos were declared critically endangered after an August expedition estimated their population at only 211, with no newborns.

A group’s day at the beach became a rescue mission after beach-goers in Antofagasta, Chile found an injured olive ridley turtle. They alerted authorities, who were able to transport it to a local rescue center for treatment.

A new push to protect the final remaining wild Atlantic salmon in the U.S. is unlikely to land the fish on a key state endangered list

Australia already classifies east coast koalas as vulnerable.

Nearly 1 million species are at risk of extinction around the world, including about 300 in California alone. Jonathan Martinez is trying to raise awareness of these endangered species through his art, and has so far painted more than 30 murals around California to show people what our planet may lose forever.

A zoo in the Netherlands welcomed the birth of a baby rhinoceros on Easter Sunday.

Scientists say critically endangered North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in the greatest numbers seen since 2015

Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa’s elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Did you know that the California condor is the largest flying bird in North America? Its wingspan can stretch out to nearly 10 feet—that’s no joke! Ross’ heart is still racing after his up-close encounter with one of the dominant California condors at Ventana Wildlife Society’s Condor Sanctuary. Watch as he learns all about this critically endangered species and how...

The yet-to-be-named calf was the fourth born to 18-year-old “Bakhita” at a zoo in Southeastern Australia, as part of a conservation breeding program for the critically endangered black rhino.

It’s cute, cuddled, red-haired and critically endangered — and the second Sumatran orangutan born in two years at the zoo in New Orleans

Mexico is considering reducing the protection area for the vaquita marina in the upper Gulf of California

Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago.