Growing up, I vividly remember reading through nature-related magazines, fascinated by the vast numbers of creatures inhabiting our planet. I spent summers at my grandmother’s West Virginia home ...

True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time ...

A rare animal previously believed extinct has been captured on hidden cameras in California. According to a recent study by Oregon State University (OSU), coastal martens, also known as Humboldt ...

Nearly 300 birds, fish, mammals and other critters have federal protection in the Golden State.

In California, animals and plants on the verge of extinction can be classified as threatened, endangered or fully protected.

(Gary Braasch / Corbis) When Polynesians arrived at the uninhabited Hawaiian Islands thousands of years ago, they found an array of colorful tree snails, each less than an inch in length, across the ...

Bandicoots, a group of tiny nocturnal creatures once considered extinct, are back from the brink and making strides toward ...

This year, at least six animal and insect species moved to the Extinct category of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

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