This list covers the most vulnerable wildlife species and the steps you can take to help each of them survive and thrive.

NORTHAMPTON — As part of a recent grant, students at Smith College have completed a project focused on helping the endangered Eastern rat snake, Massachusetts’ only tree snake. The habitat-restoration ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf mantis species in which males avoid this fate with an elaborate dance ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A rare discovery in a Cuban cave has rewritten what we ...

In a secret spot at Smith College’s MacLeish Field Station in nearby Whately, Massachusetts, students have constructed a welcoming winter home—for shy reptiles, that is. The hidden hibernaculum is a ...

On Dec. 8, Federal fisheries officials rejected a bid to designate West Coast Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. In response, one of the conservation groups ...

A Chinook salmon jumps out of the water on the fish ladder at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua [email protected] Federal fisheries officials on Monday ...

Crikey! If you were anywhere near a television in the late-90s and early-2000s, that catch phrase certainly lives in your mind as the jubilant exclamation often uttered by the affable and incredibly ...

The snakes stayed large and thrived even when cooling temperatures and shrinking habitats killed off other giant reptiles millions of years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The week's best and worst from Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger Photo: nicolas tucat/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of America’s most ...

The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act to reduce federal regulations. One proposal would eliminate automatic protections for threatened species, known as the ...