Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.

As gardeners, we know that plants hold immeasurable value, from intrinsic beauty to life-saving medicine. Yet an alarming number of plants have gone extinct, and one in five existing plants is in ...

BATIMORE, Md. — Inside the plant shop B. Willow, owner Liz Vayda carefully tends to her livelihood. “Plants are the basis of life,” she said. Yet, they’re also the basis of something else: a lucrative ...

When wildfires erupted in South Georgia last month, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was one of several state ...

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When lawmakers discuss protecting the threatened and endangered species in local habitats, they mostly think about the Florida manatee, the leatherback sea turtle or the red-headed woodpecker. But ...

Hyderabad: Scientists have identified three new plant species in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh following field surveys ...

Several local species - including birds, fish and snakes - are protected under California and federal law.

A screen shot from a University of Hawaiʻi video shows a Maui ʻAmakihi or Maui ʻAlauahio, endangered forest birds. The ...