The 'Bird Village' of India: With over 100+ rare species, how Menar became a global model for conservation

Once a small Rajasthan village, Menar is now a Ramsar site and global model for bird conservation — thanks to its people who ...
Opinion

Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species

(THE CONVERSATION) For decades, wildlife conservation policy has aimed to protect endangered species until there are enough individual animals alive that the species won’t go extinct. Then the ...
CBS News

How a Smithsonian lab is helping threatened species get off the endangered list

Washington correspondent, CBS News 24/7 and CBS Stations Natalie Brand is a Washington correspondent covering the White House and Capitol Hill for CBS News 24/7 and CBS Stations. The animals that live ...
The Washington Post

Why the federal government needs to back away from grizzly bears

Brian Yablonski is chief executive of the Property and Environment Research Center. Blake Henning is chief conservation officer at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Both organizations are based in ...

Endangered Kangaroo Island ground dweller found in trees

Australian ecologists have made a remarkable discovery about the mysterious and endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart: it is ...
WRAL

UNC researchers say some shark and other seafood sold in stores may not be what you think it is

CHAPEL HILL, NC -- Research published on Wednesday out of UNC Chapel Hill shows that sharks sold at local grocery stores included endangered species, and other species considered not safe for human ...
Houston Chronicle

The prairie chicken's gone. Who's next on Texas's endangered list?

The lesser prairie-chicken is no longer protected under federal law, and several other endangered Texas species could soon meet the same fate. This black-and-gold songbird, found only in the Texas ...