Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Across the globe, a small number of animal species are now so rare that only a few individuals remain in the wild. Habitat ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

Extinction has always been final — until now. Advances in genome sequencing, cloning, and genetic engineering have given scientists a real pathway to bring extinct animals back to life. This process, ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

The Andean condor has been threatened with extinction for decades. At one time, the condor was considered extinct in ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

Camera traps in Myagdi, Nepal surveyed national forests to locate and count the red panda population, strengthening ...

What makes this discovery so remarkable, is that this species was considered extinct in South Australia. The closest known ...