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 ...

When an animal moves from the endangered species list to being officially extinct, it's undeniably a sad day. The creature has gone the way of the dinosaur and the dodo, but on occasion, scientists ...

Discover 15 amazing animals that were thought to be extinct but were found alive. These are nature's greatest comebacks.

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

Not every extinct animal vanished in plain sight. Some disappeared into remote regions humans barely study. This list ranks five species by how realistic their survival might be. Factors include ...

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ...

Closer to home, scientists in Melbourne, led by Professor Andrew Pask, are on a journey towards a similar scientific ...