Of the six sloth species, the pygmy sloth is the only one listed as critically endangered. The pygmy sloth lives off the coast of Panama and is threatened by climate change and habitat loss.

The thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is a medium-sized parrot endemic to Mexico that ... [+] formerly ranged into the southwestern United States. Its phylogeny is the subject of ...

Emperor penguins are not simply majestic. These birds are tough creatures who manage to survive in some of the harshest weather conditions imaginable. The penguins breed and live on frozen sea ice ...

Scientists have known for years that wolverines are threatened by climate change. They usually reside in Arctic and subarctic latitudes — and, when venturing south, they stick to high altitudes ...

Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a unique study covering 49 deltas globally ...

The Alps are threatened by mass tourism and climate change. Will tourism as we know it still be possible in the region?Wonderful views, long mountain slopes, solitary peaks and snow-covered ...

Grace Esther, 46, works to clean her basement in Austin, which flooded during a storm 24 hours earlier, Monday, July 3, 2023. A new national climate change report more flooding will happen in the ...

The president attended the annual conference in 2021 and 2022, but officials say this year he is preoccupied with the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine. By Michael D. Shear Officials will ...

As the U.S. continues to face an increased flow of migrant arrivals, extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change could be fueling the crisis.

A new national climate assessment paints a dismal picture of the nationwide impacts of climate change, driving food shortages, intensifying droughts, floods and wildfires, spreading diseases and ...

New York congressman George Santos may have been expelled from Congress Friday, but he could be welcomed where imaginative takes on reality are the norm, according to John Oliver. On the latest ...