The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, meets every three years to debate global trade protections for imperiled wildlife. This meeting, also known as “CoP20,” was the ...

Bangkok (CNN) — A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles to prevent them from escaping after a typhoon damaged their ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In January, more than 10,000 endangered tortoises were washed away when Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi brought catastrophic flooding to Madagascar. Years prior though, a Knoxville ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

Massachusetts recognizes May 16 as Endangered Species Day, highlighting 453 endangered plants and animals. Eleven mammals are endangered, including six whale species and five bat species. Endangered ...

Every five years, a small group of biologists and environmentalists assemble in a large corner office in Springfield with long glass windows. Inside that room, they weigh in on the fate of every ...

The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its stomach contents, has led researchers to record the first known instance of a spotted ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating another conservation success with the hatching of critically endangered gharial crocodiles for the third year in a row. Zac Foster, supervisor of ectotherms, stands ...

Australia is home to extraordinary reptiles and frogs, from giant lace monitors to tiny alpine froglets. Over 1,100 reptiles and 250 frog species are found across the Australian continent and islands.

For the first time in history, a zoo in Memphis generated a reptile offspring using frozen semen and artificial insemination, according to a report by Newsweek. The exciting news is a major ...

An extremely rare reptile, considered sacred by many, died recently in Vietnam, bringing its species to the edge of extinction. The deceased creature was a Yangtze giant softshell turtle, ...

Australia is home to many endangered reptiles and frogs. This national snapshot shows their numbers have dropped sharply. But it’s possible to reverse this trend.