A prickle of hedgehogs in eastern Finland is set to become the latest stars of the WWF's round-the-clock wildlife livestream, ...

The word "koala" is thought to originate from one of the Australian Aboriginal languages, Dharug, which roughly translates to ‘no drink’ or ‘no water’. And this might explain why. In the Australian ...

Snow leopards have spotted white-greyish fur that keeps them well insulated in cold weather – it can be 5cm long on their back and sides and almost 12cm long on their belly. A snow leopard's tail can ...

Learn the key differences between dolphins and porpoises, plus essential facts about river species, threats they face, and ...

Echinoderms are those strange, sometimes slimy or spiky creatures that live on the ocean floor—think sea cucumbers, sea ...

The WWF released a new report highlighting 12 species facing critical survival issues if climate change reaches past 1.5 degrees Celsius. Some of the affected species include the Atlantic puffin, snow ...

Nearly 400 species only just discovered in Asia’s Greater Mekong region could soon become extinct due to loss of habitat caused by human activity, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a report ...

WWF’s Global Freshwater Programme and Global Species Programme have launched a River Dolphin Initiative with the aim of reducing threats to river dolphins and enhancing freshwater ecosystem health.

Hoping to raise the profile of certain endangered species ahead of an international conference, the World Wildlife Fund on Thursday issued an updated list of wildlife most often bought, sold, smuggled ...

A devil-horned newt, drought-resilient bamboo and a monkey named after a volcano were among 224 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region in 2020, a conservation group said on Wednesday, ...

MOSCOW, May 23. /TASS/. Six animal, bird and fish species, including the Saiga antelope, the gyrfalcon and the Persian leopard, are facing the risk of extinction in Russia, the press service of the ...