Researchers identified hundreds of new species in 2024, expanding our knowledge of Earth’s startling biodiversity.

But in the savannas of Africa, giraffe populations have plummeted — so much so that the U.S. government is moving to add many of these long-necked mammals to its official list of imperiled species.

"Many species of trees all around the world are providing ... sandpiper - are becoming more endangered on the red list. At COP 16, world leaders are meeting to take stock of progress in meeting ...

In a welcome finding, there appeared to be no extinctions, said the government. But almost all species on the list had lost at least 30% of their habitat due to the mammoth blazes in the south and ...