Imminent Extinction

It’s not just climate change that’s killing this iconic endangered species. Hunting is on the rise, too.

We’ve all heard about it, but few of us really understand why this piece of legislation from the 1970s is so important—and in need of protection itself.

Protecting these nine species will help save the region's iconic sagebrush prairies, grasslands, and mountains.

Nick Marx of Wildlife Alliance works hand in hand with the government to crack down on the country’s illegal animal trade.

The world must crack down on the pangolin trade or risk losing these animals for good.

As poaching pushes the rhino toward extinction, South Africa considers a radical solution: Legalize the very thing that is killing them. It'd make some people very rich. But would it doom the species?

Vulnerable here, endangered there, threatened over yonder. What do all these classification systems mean for the future of our largest living land animals?

So far, the state isn’t bowing to the demands of one man who is trying to dismantle its ivory ban.