Endangered Species

Fort Leonard Wood is home to more than 6,000 soldiers and at least three endangered species.Those animals and two more that are threatened are protected…

On July 30, St. Louis gained a new resident — Tobias, the Somali wild ass. His birth is special, since he is part of a subspecies that is both critically…

U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley and Roy Blunt want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop focusing on protecting wildlife in the Missouri River and instead focus…

Tim Schroeder is a little bleary-eyed.He left South Dakota before sunrise and drove 10 hours straight to Missouri — with a few hundred endangered fish in…

Earlier this year, the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka had its first litter of African painted dog puppies, giving researchers a chance to compare how…

Even though Missouri conservation officials have shipped in hundreds of prairie chickens over the last 40 years, the native species has steadily declined…

A new, tiny resident will now greet visitors to the St. Louis Zoo Primate House.Princess Buttercup, a female mongoose lemur, is the first of her species…

While the Ozarks are known for forests, but visitors to the highland region also will find open, desert-like areas between trees that contain a special…

The future is looking brighter for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, as scientists have announced the birth of the first pup of the species to be born…

Illinois scientists are studying an endangered species of rattlesnake to find ways to revive its numbers. The Eastern massasauga once was widespread in…