The global assessment of freshwater animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species evaluated the extinction risk of 23,496 freshwater ...

About 24% of those species are at risk of extinction, Catherine Sayer, lead of the freshwater biodiversity team for the IUCN, told ABC News.

LAMBERT: If emissions continue at their current trajectory, Urban estimates about 1 in 20 species would be at risk of extinction. Warm up a bit more to four or five degrees, and as many as 30% of ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of ...

EXCLUSIVE: A British vet and a dedicated team of rangers and pilots tagged these elephants for the first time in a bid to ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Since 1500, about 150 bird species have gone extinct, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. A ...

In South America, which is home to the Amazon Rainforest, 3,356 out of the 13,668 assessed tree species are at risk of extinction due to deforestation for crop farming and livestock ranching.

With the arrival of summer, many recalling childhood memories of watching fireflies blink across a green landscape might be ...

Two dozen animal and plant species are in need of specialist support to prevent them from being wiped out in Lancashire.

Protecting animals against environmental changes, ... Red List of Threatened Species is the world’s most comprehensive list on the global extinction risk of animal, fungus, ...

Crayfish conservation is accelerating across Wales as organisations work together to protect the white-clawed crayfish, a ...