Endangered Species

The quest for Bigfoot and other “hidden species” can actually aid real-world species.

Wolves and polar bears are great, but so are bats, fish, plants and invertebrates (among others worthy of our attention).

Since it first turned up in 2007, white-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats — and it’s not done yet.

Highly trained military dolphins have been dispatched to round up the last 30 vaquita porpoises and (hopefully) save the species from extinction.

They may not be the most charismatic group of species, but we can learn a lot from the lowly snail.

Research into the frog-killing chytrid fungus earns a Golden Goose Award, recognizing the value of federally funded science.

October brings us new books about sea-level rise, wolves and feeding the resistance.

Artist Ralph Steadman and writer Ceri Levy make us laugh while worrying about extinction.

Southern Resident killer whales have a shortage of food and an overdose of deadly pollutants.

Extensive searches for this tiny microbat have failed to locate any survivors. The exact cause of its extinction remains unknown.