The striped hyena is the smallest of the hyena subspecies and the only one found outside Africa. Unlike its larger spotted ...

Rare animal behaviors were captured in a new BBC wildlife documentary series. The series, titled “Kingdom” and narrated by biologist Sir David Attenborough, follows leopards, hyenas, ...

Some of Earth’s rarest animals are so elusive they feel more like folklore than flesh and bone. We often think of endangered ...

A conservation group shared heartwarming footage of a rare predator to raise awareness of a grave concern about the animals' long-term viability. The Center for Biological Diversity shared the footage ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists ...

As the federal government shutdown drags on into a second week, a critical animal recovery program based in Colorado has ground to a halt, delaying a reintroduction plan that could be crucial to the ...