A species listed as endangered gets the full suite of federal protections. It's illegal to kill, capture, harass or harm one. A threatened species doesn't automatically get the same protections.

The Snowy Egret is one of more than 300 threatened species in Connecticut.(The Day file photo) Snowy egrets search for food in the wetlands along the Bride Brook salt marsh at Rocky Neck State ...

National Threatened Species Day on September 7 is held each year to commemorate the day the last Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity in a Hobart zoo in 1936. Environment groups Goongerah Environment ...

By Shanna Hanbury Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically ...

Light pollution, reduced habitat and pesticides can impact the lightning bug populations in your neighborhood.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...

A threatened species complicates power line plans. By Michael Doyle ... Only, after just a day of being worked over by the beetles, it no longer resembles a rat. It looks exploded from within, ...

State of Giraffe report says that the animal is still under threat of extinction, despite some populations recovering.

The Peoria Zoo is celebrating Endangered Species Day by recognizing the endangered species they have within the zoo, including Grevy's Zebra, Mandrill, Amur Tiger, Southern White Rhino, Cotton-Top ...

The nest, discovered in the Peruvian Andes, is only the fourth ever recorded in Peru, according to researchers.

Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. ... For three threatened species, conservation efforts have brought them a step closer to recovering their numbers in recent years.