A tidy-up of a New Zealand storage room led to the sale of naming rights for three new-to-science Galápagos Islands species.

Dyck was widely respected for working alongside indigenous groups as he studied polar bears on their ancestral lands.

When conservationists relocate species, they don’t always account for the pathogens hitching a ride, and the consequences of introducing them to a new environment.

Plant species officially reported to be lost are in fact persevering in the wild, in seed banks or botanical gardens, or as other species now recognized to be taxonomic synonyms.

The species include the first reptile to be listed and the Christmas Island pipistrelle, a bat last seen in 2009.

Volunteers have been working around the clock to rescue the animals found stunned on the beach.

His career was dedicated to understanding and protecting frog populations.

The newly discovered microbe seems to be responsible for a mysterious neurological disease that has killed dozens of critically endangered Western chimpanzees.

Overfishing is the biggest factor driving these species toward extinction, researchers conclude from a new study.