Three astrophysicists calculate that even huge asteroids and exploding stars probably wouldn’t wipe out all life.
It turns out that the Chinese giant salamander is actually five different species—and they’re all probably facing extinction.
The mass slaughter of whales destroyed far more than the creatures themselves.
The field frets about endangered polar bears and tigers. Why not also bacteria?
Your car may have just run over the last of an endangered species.
Wildlife officials will begin transporting 500 elephants to a new sanctuary next month.
Critics say the Iditarod puts sled dogs at needless risk, and that the race should be either halted or significantly modified. But, says the author, the evidence of animal mistreatment is inconclusive