Endangered Species

New wildlife trade rules being discussed at CITES could affect 550 species, including elephants, rhinos and giraffes.

Big-nosed giant guitarfishes and wedgefishes are now the most endangered marine fish group. Will the international community step up to protect them from trade and exploitation?

Indonesia raised its captive and export quotas for this over-exploited species, just as new international regulations are about to be discussed.

Changes to regulations about critical habitat and consideration for economic interests threaten to upend more than 45 years of conservation success. But the worst may still be to come.

To keep pace with environmental loss, scientists working to restore tropical reefs have turned their attention to coral reproduction and increasing diversity.

But here’s the good news: New research finds it was actually six different species, and five still exist — for now.

An operation to discourage poachers by removing a rhino calf’s horn serves as a stark reminder of the protections that need to stay in place for these imperiled species.

New books this month tackle tough issues related to climate change, extinction, Indigenous sovereignty, ocean conservation and a whole lot more.

The big cats have increased by 30 percent in India in just four years, but they still face pressures and controversies.

The IUCN just declared an African monkey known as Miss Waldron’s red colobus “possibly extinct.” Other species could be quick to follow, conservationists warn.