Birds are among the most vulnerable. Since humans arrived, 71 birds have gone extinct, according to the state Department of ...

During the negotiations from April 9 to 11, the countries also tackled so-called “milestone issues". Read more at ...

But China's biodiversity is faced with a critical situation: 15 to 20 percent of higher plant varieties are endangered, threatening the existence of 40,000 species of organisms related with them.

Thanks to sustained conservation efforts, sightings of finless porpoises along the Yangtze river have grown increasingly ...

A remarkable golden fish has emerged from the caves of China’s Guizhou Province, offering a glimpse into millions of years of ...

But this robust trade is grim news for the Napoleon Wrasse, an endangered species of fish that is still being sold in at least two of Hong Kong’s biggest wet markets. The Napoleon Wrasse is one ...

The fish belong to a genus called Acrossocheilus, a small- to medium-sized species found across Laos, Vietnam and southern China. But when researchers collected specimens of this group from the ...

But if you look closer, you may notice a troubling trend: exquisite fish labelled “rare” to entice customers into purchasing endangered species. Stan Shea Kwok-ho, Marine Programme Director of ...

That sort of defines me.” All of George’s fish are endangered Rift Lake cichlids: colorful, freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes of East Africa. Inside his 42 tanks, expertly squeezed ...

Vaquitas were regularly drowning in gill nets meant for shrimp and totoabas, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China. In 1975, after the totoaba was declared endangered, Mexico outlawed ...