World Press Freedom Day is marked, NHRC warns that threats against journalists endanger democracy and public trust.

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Rapid development has been shrinking the jungle habitat of the critically endangered species, and fatal conflicts with people ...

WASHINGTON — Some polar bears and their cubs already in danger of extinction could be legally killed by private oil-drilling ...

A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time crossing a human-made canopy bridge constructed to help the ...

Authorities initially said Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon were missing but changed that description to endangered on Thursday, ...

Piping plovers are an endangered species on the Delaware beaches. Volunteers learn how to stop people from going onto the ...

New Zealand is witnessing an extraordinary citizen-led effort to bring its sacred national bird, the kiwi, back to the ...

The iconic emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal are edging closer to extinction, according to a projection by the world's largest environmental network.

Meryl Streep isn't particularly known for her action movie roles, but she had a brush with death performing a stunt for 1994 ...

The Potomac River was named the most endangered river in the United States in a new report by American Rivers, which pointed to a massive sewage spill this winter and the growing footprint of data ...