The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a rejection of the state of Alaska’s petition to strip the Arctic ringed ...

Many conservationists dedicated to protecting the endangered Andean cat have never seen one in the wild, with the species ...

Species threatened by climate change fit that bill. Emperor Penguin numbers are currently robust: The global population, entirely based in Antarctica, is estimated at 270,000 to 280,000 breeding pairs ...

Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

Ethan Guo was detained by Chilean authorities for breaking 'multiple national and international regulations' by changing his ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

(Center for Whale Research) Southern resident killer whales are a critically endangered population protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Their current population is about 73. The animals ...

The Bruno by Enderby Entertainment Rick Dugdale, CEO Enderby Entertainment An ambitious campaign leveraging the power of film and st ...

U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act.

Endangered species face a barrage of threats from human activities. We owe them a place to call home. Lisa H. Sideris is a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project and the University of California.