Explore 25 of the rarest animals in the world, from the vaquita to the Amur leopard. Learn about their critical status, why ...

Deep in the forests of North Sumatra, Indonesia, lives the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), the world's rarest great ...

Long before humans dominated the planet, an enormous ape known as Gigantopithecus roamed the forests of Asia. Larger than any ...

A pair of new studies suggest fewer than 700 Tapanuli orangutans remain after a cyclone tore through Indonesia last year.

As biodiversity continues to decline, strengthening protected areas, curbing illegal wildlife trade, restoring habitats and ...

A fossil jaw unearthed in northern Egypt may be rewriting a key chapter of ape evolution. The newly identified species lived roughly 17 to 18 million years ago and may help fill a ...

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could soon declare that pygmy rabbits or Florida manatees are threatened with extinction. But under a policy change issued by the Trump administration on Friday, ...

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The Trump administration on Friday rolled back protections for at-risk animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act. Under prior regulations, species that were considered “threatened” — ...

The Trump administration has decided that destroying the habitat of endangered species is not harmful. Think about that. Yet, on July 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Interior formally rescinded the ...

Four major updates could alter the way the act is administered—and how animals are protected. The bald eagle became one of the first species protected by the Endangered Species Act when the ...