WASHINGTON (AP) — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. “It’s just a devastating decline,” said Stuart Pimm, an ecologist…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Decades of conservation efforts have stabilized the population of endangered mountain gorillas in eastern Africa. But the number of Grauer’s gorillas — a less furry, lower elevation-dwelling animal — has declined, largely due to habitat loss and hunting. On Friday, the…
It's something for the whole family to enjoy, all while creating a masterpiece along with some furry friends. Wild Acres in McHenry is hosting another paint safari this weekend.
The endangered dusky gopher frog, gopher tortoise, and many other threatened species in Mississippi depend on each other to survive. The rare species make their home inside the Desoto National Forest. Thanks to new funds from the National Fish and…
An alarming number of Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle in the world, have been turning up dead on our shore line. News 25’s Kristen Durand takes us to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies to show us…
The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies is hard at work saving the lives of Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles.
Miles of fences line the beaches stretching from Biloxi to Pass Christian and it’s all to protect a small but important group that flies to the coast every summer: the least terns.
Thirty two Kemp's Ridley Turtles, an endangered species, were in crisis due to cold weather in the northeast, and were flown south to recover.
The Wildlife Care and Rescue Center in Jackson County will be releasing an American bald eagle into the Mississippi skies Saturday.