Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

Habitat loss, deforestation, the illegal wildlife trade and climate change are pushing these extraordinary species towards ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Concerning findings about the world's freshwater fish population, 25% are in danger of extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It's a ...

Even the king cobra is "vulnerable." More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.

The extinction of the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago may have helped facilitate the spread of grapes around the world, researchers have proposed. In a study published on Monday in the journal ...

Big cats have lost 90 percent of their range and population - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Mark MITCHELL The perilous state of the planet’s wildlife will be laid bare ...

Over a quarter of all assessed species, more than 40,000, are threatened with extinction. Of the 201 critically endangered species listed, 10 are increasing populations and 12 are stabilizing. Species ...