A draft environmental assessment filed with the state Office of Planning and Sustainable Development in September advances ...

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data.

Hawaiian land snails are among the most threatened animal groups on the planet.  Researchers believe 11 species of Endodonta ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

Across the Hawaiian Islands, the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle is threatening to make Hawaii’s palms disappear. Native ...

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

“Protecting the remaining pine rocklands from development, applying controlled burns to safely mimic the effects of wildfire in these fire-dependent forests and keeping invasive species in check are ...

In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List pronounced the towering Doona ovalifolia tree “extinct in the wild.” Known locally as pini-beraliya, the species lingered only as a single cultivated specimen in ...

Long ago, Laysan finches, a native honeycreeper known for its brown and yellow plumage and varied songs, were found throughout the Hawaiian islands. Today, however, only about 18,000 of the endangered ...

Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have determined the genetic lineage of a now extinct plant population from Nishinoshima, a volcanic island whose frequent eruptions ...