Wide-eyed and bewildered, a tiny, house cat-sized island fox was reluctant to flee from its cage for the first time into the wilds of windswept Santa Rosa Island. The captive-bred predator remained ...

There's some cautious optimism these days among wildlife experts working to save the critically endangered red wolf. Progress to rebuild the wolf population has been slow, but after several years of ...

Genetic management in captive breeding programmes aims to conserve or restore genetic diversity while minimising the risks of inbreeding and adaptation to captivity. Programmes routinely begin with a ...

It is estimated that 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction as a result of human activity. For species not critically threatened, the preferred management action is to ...

The sole remaining population of Javan rhinos, around 70 individuals, persists in a single national park in Indonesia. A new paper argues that conservationists should clear some areas of the park to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The little birds have seen a major population decline. Photo: National Park Service by Lori Oberhofer. The first time I saw a Cape ...