The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, and last spring, just as the Trump administration was laying off all kinds of scientists, the wild population of this fish plummeted to only 20 individuals. Officials then took an irrevocable step.
On “Elizabeth Vargas Reports”: A look at two starkly different economic realities in the U.S. As President Trump delivers his economic agenda to applause at the biggest community of seniors in the country, elsewhere, other groups are protesting the lack of affordability and the need for higher wages. Plus, the 60-Day deadline for the Iran War hits, invoking the War Powers Act. But Trump dismisses the countdown, saying his ceasefire stopped the clock. Finally, humans hunted bluebuck antelopes to extinction around two centuries ago. Now scientists are trying to bring them back. This episode of “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” originally aired on Friday, May 1, 2026.
Around 1800, the bluebuck antelope went extinct after European colonizers hunted the African animal to its death.
He transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into an international research hub and laid out the existential threats posed by deforestation and unchecked development.
A new study found that a pachyderm skeleton, dismissed for decades as unimportant, offers evidence of careful planning, teamwork and a calculated kill.
In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.
Populations are declining as climate change causes the sea ice the birds need for survival to retreat, according to researchers.
In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding program.
Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.
A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.
A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.Open