Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, ...

The Christmas Island shrew is thought to be at least the third mammal species to go extinct on the island as a direct result ...

Image via Getty Images An animal long deemed to possibly be extinct has reappeared after nearly three decades. Scientists in ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

To save it, they undertook one of the largest captive snail breeding and reintroduction efforts in Australian, and perhaps ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

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 ...

Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

Woolly mammoths haven't been seen for 4,000 years, but if scientists are successful, they could be walking around Alaska in just five years. Colossal Biosciences researchers in Texas who study ancient ...

Scientists successfully extract RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, thylacine, revealing how its genes functioned before its extinction.

Swedish scientists recover RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, revealing gene activity and ancient viruses in extinct ...

Rarely do species presumed extinct reappear with renewed hope for a better future. But researchers in Australia not only ...