Horseshoe crabs have been around for 450 million years, but are lately facing overfishing for their blue blood used in making vaccines. Check out some images of these ancient sea creatures thriving well in the Philippines.
The IUCN recently published the most updated Red List of Threatened Species including more reptiles, classifying them as endangered species. Read to learn more.
Expert says that the recent incident of weedy seadragons washed up in New South Wales is a clear sign of a problem in the marine ecosystem. Read more to know the details.
The latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has brought some bad news for African Elephants and that's both species have been downgraded from being 'vulnerable to being 'endangered.'
Maps have been used to mark territories and more importantly, treasure. The new Map of Life, however, marks locations where Earth's undiscovered species are most likely to be found.
Herbivores are apparently facing the greatest risk of extinction, a new study suggests. Herbivores, animals whose diets revolve around plants, are supposedly facing the highest risk of extinction, a new study suggests.
In theory, seahorses are protected animals. In a row of shops in Sheung Wan, on the western side of Hong Kong Island, the seahorses are stored in plastic boxes and glass jars, their elongated, S-shaped bodies stacked like spoons.
Yellow lance freshwater mussels soon to be listed as a threatened species. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the administration of United States President Donald Trump is serious about protecting the yellow lance freshwater mussel.
Manatees which is also known as sea cows has promoted to threatened species from endangered status. for the first time in 1966, manatees are considered as endangered under the protection act, but since 1980 a remarkable change in their number observed.
Officials from the small fishing village of Taiji, in Central Japan, remain defiant amidst protests that label their dolphin hunts as cruel. Despite international outcry, the slaughter continues.
Thresher sharks are among the open ocean's most interesting predators, using their elongated tails to herd and stun schools of fish. And now, for the first time, a mother pelagic thresher shark was caught on camera giving birth off the Philippine coast.