One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...

After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, the South American tapir ... herbivores — which are the largest terrestrial animal in South America — had last been spotted in ...

World Wildlife Day, observed annually on March 3, highlights the significance of preserving wildlife and their habitats.

More than a century has passed since the last sighting of a South American tapir, a species previously believed to be extinct ... years as urbanization, deforestation and poaching threaten ...

Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species' population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems ...

Cocoa farming in West Africa is endangering Goliath beetles, which are crucial to their ecosystem. Deforestation for cocoa ...

Before their extinction, towering sauropods — the largest land animals to ever exist — would alter the ... In the modern age, humans have taken up the role of ecosystem engineer as deforestation ...

However, there are lesser- known animals at risk of going the way of the Sumatran rhinoceros that is locally extinct ... such as deforestation and are also targets in the illegal wildlife pet ...