Most Critical
These species have fewer than 100 individuals remaining. Every day counts.
Documenting every species on the edge of extinction. Not to mourn — to witness. The numbers are real. The clock is running.
These species have fewer than 100 individuals remaining. Every day counts.
Conservation sites are often optimistic to the point of dishonesty. They soften reality, hide numbers, use cheerful imagery that contradicts the message.
We don't look away. Every species page opens with the actual population count — not an estimate, not "fewer than 100 remaining." The best available number, displayed in stark type. When that number changes, you see it.
This is not a charity site. We don't sell plush toys or offer "adopt an animal" programs. We document what's happening while there's still time to bear witness.
Reports from conservation teams on the front lines.
Our correspondent joined the Mexican Navy on their final patrol of the Gulf of California. What they found was both devastating and unexpectedly hopeful.
Read DispatchThis year's calving season produced zero viable calves for the North Atlantic right whale population. We speak with researchers struggling to find hope.
Read DispatchFor the first time in three years, a camera trap in Vietnam has captured images of what may be a saola. But confirmation comes with caveats.
Read DispatchWhen a species is gone, we don't remove the page. We transform it.
Extinct 2023
Last female died in Kenya
Extinct 2011
Last confirmed in Cameroon
Extinct 2000
First species cloned, then lost
Extinct 2006
Functions lost in Yangtze
