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

Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

This video explores extinct animals that disappeared before early humans reached their habitats. Fossil records reveal massive predators and herbivores that never overlapped with human populations.

We rely on smell more than most people may realize. A new international study shows that this vital sense leaves a lasting mark in bone, allowing scientists to estimate how well even extinct mammals ...

At the 2025 Sun Youth Forum at Cimarron High School, I joined hundreds of students to discuss a variety of issues in ...

The flat-headed cat has long been feared extinct in the tropical kingdom, where it inhabits peatlands, mangrove forests, and ...

Australian researchers are leading the way in the fight to protect a group of globally threatened fish species, which look like "a shark and ray joined together".

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

Conservation efforts for the black mudfish have been ramped up following the discovery of two previously unknown populations ...

Scientists trace an ancient microbe, Asgard archaea, that gave rise to humans, animals, and plants more than 2 billion years ...