Twelve Species Designated 'State Symbols' at Risk of Extinction. Published Sep 30, 2024 at 3:05 PM EDT Updated Oct 04, 2024 at 10:54 AM EDT. By .

The bald eagle, a symbol of the nation for over 200 years, returned from near extinction to become America's bird − officially − this week.

After hovering near the brink of extinction, the bald eagle has made a bold comeback, further justifying its iconic status.

Time has run out for Bengal’s iconic fishing cat as wildlife experts launch a last-ditch breeding program with just six to ...

The American bald eagle, a national symbol of freedom and strength, returned from the brink of extinction, but its battle for ...

Tony Barnosky's colleague in the study of extinction is his wife, biologist Liz Hadly, ... Liz Hadly: What we see just in California is, you know, the loss of our iconic state symbols.

The thylacine’s extinction is a symbol of that folly. (Here's what we lose when an animal goes extinct.) At least five thylacine species once existed.

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found ...

Dire wolves extinction over: Check cultural significance of these symbols of 'courage' After 12,500 years, the dire wolf is back, thanks to genetic engineering.

A quarter of the world’s freshwater animals are threatened with extinction, new research shows New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources ...

This is the Extinction Symbol: the circle represents the planet; the X-figure inside is a stylised hourglass, a reminder that time is running out for many of Earth's species – our own included, maybe.

Found on Malaysia’s coat of arms and considered a national heritage symbol, ... “The Malayan tiger is on the brink of extinction with fewer than 150 remaining in the wild,” said Mark ...