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

In 2025, the world marked another sad milestone in the ongoing loss of biodiversity: multiple species long missing from their ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Across the globe, a small number of animal species are now so rare that only a few individuals remain in the wild. Habitat loss, climate change, poaching, and human activity have pushed these animals ...

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

"She had been in the lab and recognized how to identify fishes, and said that's something valuable that we have to preserve.” ...

Once upon a time, the likes of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg imagined a world where scientists on the cutting edge of genetic research pieced together bits of DNA, both ancient and modern, to ...

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

Everyday, animals go extinct before our very eyes. Here are some species which are currently endangered and how you can help.