The Sumatran rhino is the world’s smallest and hairiest rhinoceros species—and one of the rarest mammals on Earth. Credit: ...

The planet is home to an estimated 8.7 million species, yet hundreds of them teeter on the edge of oblivion — some with fewer individuals remaining than the number of people in a small apartment ...

Our planet teems with an estimated 8.7 million species, yet a heartbreaking number of them exist in such small populations that most people will never see them outside of a photograph. These are ...

Some animals cling to survival in numbers so small that a single storm, a single poacher, or a single bad breeding season could erase them forever. Meet the creatures teetering on the absolute edge of ...

It turns out the piebald deer that was recently spotted in Ohio isn't the only rare animal born in the Buckeye State this year. The owners of an Ohio farm recently welcomed an extremely rare animal — ...

Some tropical animals are so rare, they haven’t been sighted by researchers in years. Though many are simply elusive—in dense jungle areas, it’s easy for small or skittish animals to stay hidden, even ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In late May, Mongabay accompanied a group of conservationists and scientists to Taï National Park — a large rainforest in Côte d’Ivoire famous for ...

"It's kind of a rare adaptation," said Hannah Rumble, the Community Programs Director for the Walking Mountains Science Center, an Eagle County nonprofit that offers education and activities relating ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...