A new species of leaping frog has been discovered in the northern part of the Western Ghats region near Amboli.

Species extinctions are about 1,000 times more frequent now than in the 60 million years before humans came along.

The bald eagle may no longer be at risk of extinction, but the U.S. effort to protect the national bird became harder on Wednesday.

Researchers from the biodiversity department of Abasaheb Garware College have recorded the presence of 70 species of dragonflies in northern part of Western Ghats during a project funded by the Ind

Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the world is on the brink of a sixth great extinction, a new stu

BANGALORE: Male parenting may be recent in humankind. But male members taking care of their brood is not new to the animal kingdom.

A recent study has found that Australian marsupials such as tree possums, bandicoots and quolls are suffering a sudden decline, placing them at risk of extinction in Australia.

NETRAKONA : Many native species of fish are on the verge of extinction in the natural water bodies of the district due to various reasons including adverse impact of climate change, reports BSS.

Researchers studying bat species in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra have found that the populations of most species have declined significantly over a decade.

"There has been a massive decline in the numbers of most of the species that we studied. Some of the areas where we had recorded the presence of bat colonies were found to have been deserted. In other areas the roosting sites remained, but there has been a decline in numbers," said Kranti Yardi, associate professor at the Institute of Environment Education and Research at Bharati Vidyapeeth.

Small native animals are facing “an extraordinary decline” across the northern third of Australia, with the spread of feral cats largely to blame, a leading ecologist said.