The red-cockaded woodpecker was first listed as an endangered species in 1973. The department says the species has benefitted from conservation efforts from partners and private landowners.

By modifying reproductive cells from domestic chickens, researchers can insert DNA from wild bird species, like the red junglefowl, and eventually create offspring with enhanced genetic traits.

Domestic chickens are descended from red junglefowl (Image: Getty) Genetically modified chickens could be the key to protecting endangered species and bringing back extinct ones, scientists say.

There are 742 endangered Australian plants and animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species, which grew by six species in the past year.

KidsPost Monarch butterflies named endangered on species ‘red list’ The migrating butterfly is 2 steps from extinct on the International Union for Conservation of Nature list.

The little bird, whose red is confined to a mere dot on the male’s head, was the first bird placed on the Endangered Species List. More than 50 years later, its numbers have swelled from just ...

(CN) — Federal wildlife officials removed the red-cockaded woodpecker from the endangered species list, a decision some conservationists feared came prematurely. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Four American red wolf puppies were born at the St. Louis Zoo Sears Lehmann, Jr. Wildlife Reserve, marking a milestone for the endangered species. These babies are paw-sitively adorable.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a new long-range plan, and if it works, the red wolf could be removed from the federal endangered species list in roughly 50 years. For NPR News, I'm ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world's most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring.

The red-cockaded woodpecker was first listed as an endangered species in 1973. The department says the species has benefitted from conservation efforts from partners and private landowners.