Latest Stories in Endangered Species
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Camera trap captures stunning footage of a rare Javan leopard
Unlike some previous footage, fleeting and grainy, here we're lucky enough to see a Javan leopard getting all cozy in front of the camera.
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Florida man under investigation for jumping on manatees (Video)
"Here you have a manatee just swimming down a canal not hurting anyone. To actually go out of your way to harm them, what would make you want to do that?"
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What are the world's top 10 favorite animal species?
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, ARKive asked its users to vote for their favorite species. Over 14,000 votes from 162 countries have been cast, and now the results are in.
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The top ten posts of the week on TreeHugger
From clouded leopards to challenged chapels.
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Three male fish, the last of their kind, must find a mate or else go extinct
If you happen to know of any female fish of the Mangarahara cichlid variety, the London Zoo would very much like to introduce her to a couple of extremely
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Beautiful timelapse video aims to save ancient forest
Four filmmakers, two canoes, six cameras and a passion for the environment came together to create this inspiring timelapse video aimed at preserving what remains of the ancient Red Pine forest in Ontario, Canada.
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Sea turtles threatened in Mexico; New documentary highlights the problem and solutions.
A new documentary by Pace University students highlights the threat sea turtles face from fishing nets and what should be done about it.
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Clouded leopards declared extinct in Taiwan
After more than a decade of in the field study, there has been no evidence of the rare and majestic leopard.
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Adorable ducklings offer hope for the world's rarest bird (Video)
This new batch of offspring that nearly doubles Madagascar Pochards' numbers in the wild.
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New species of porcupine discovered in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
"Given the rate of destruction in this area, where 98 percent of the original Northeastern Atlantic Forest has already been destroyed, imagine how many species could have gone extinct before we even knew about them," says researcher Antonio Pontes.
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Puerto Rico creates an ecological corridor to protect leatherback turtles
Leatherback turtles, which are rated "critically endangered" on the IUCN's Red List, are finally getting a break.
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Chinese boat crashes in protected coral reef... with thousands of illegally killed pangolins on board
It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.
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U.S. is training dogs to sniff out smuggled ivory and rhino horns
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has 4 new graduates that will make life harder for wildlife smugglers.
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Toronto Restaurant owner fined $ 10,000 after 31 threatened Spiny Softshell Turtles found in freezer
They are used to make "medicinal" soup, but there may be less than a thousand of them left in the Province.
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Smuggler caught with more than 10 percent of an entire species
The arrest of a wildlife smuggler in Thailand proves just how easily a handful of criminals could bring about the demise of an endangered species.
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86 elephants, 33 pregnant, slaughtered in one night
Horrific news coming out of Chad, as we learn that 86 elephants, 33 of which were pregnant females, have been slaughtered by poachers on horseback.
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Killing lions to protect them? Does it make sense?
In today's New York Times, Alexander N. Songorwa, the director of wildlife for the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, makes a plea for the African lion not to be declared an endangered species
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Orphaned tiger given goat to eat, befriends it instead
Putting the tiger back in the jungle is one thing. But putting the jungle back in the tiger may be the hardest part.
