From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

After decades of global conservation efforts, green sea turtles are rebounding. However, climate change and human pressures ...

Quick Take By the 1880s and 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison remained in the wild, a stark warning about unchecked exploitation.

First Nations on northern Vancouver Island are criticizing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) for a lack of ...

Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Named after the wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch, which locks the other stones into position and prevents collapse, a keystone species is one that plays a central role in the structure of an ...

Oftentimes referred to as the “king of the jungle,” lions are highly social and intelligent creatures. These big cats are also critical to maintaining the health of their ecosystem. Portrait of a ...

Three Arctic seal species have been moved up to higher threat categories on the IUCN Red List, with one now endangered and two now near threatened. Global warming is melting away the sea ice they need ...

A pair of studies from UT Austin offer insights into these keystone species. Eureycea salamanders (left, credit: Yaqing Li) and Ambystoma salamanders (right, credit: David Ledesma) feature in two ...

Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and most vulnerable. This rare species, ...