20,000 Species Are Near Extinction: Is it Time to Rethink How We Decide Which to Save?

Prioritizing which animals and plants to help is driven mostly by whether we like them or not. Some experts say that may not ...

How Scientists Rediscovered This Rare And Elusive Bird That We Thought Was Extinct For 100 Years

While many plants and animals are lost to us forever, this little bird has just been very good at hiding. Here's how ...
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A tortoise species considered extinct 100 years ago is still alive, Ecuador says

Scientists say a tortoise discovered in 2019 on the Galapagos Islands belongs to a species considered extinct more than 100 years ago. The single female tortoise belongs to the species Chelonoidis ...
The Atlantic

'Extinct' Tortoise Only Moved

It's the reptilian feel-good story of the year: A species of giant tortoise thought to be extinct for 150 years turns out to be alive and living on an even more remote island than the one from which ...

The medieval folklore of Britain's endangered wildlife 'omens,' from hedgehogs to nightjars

As the seasons turn and the nights draw in, the countryside of the British Isles seems alive with omens: an owl's screech, or ...
The Atlantic

Plenty of Extinct Species Are Still Alive

If an animal hasn't been seen in the wild for more than fifty years, it's technically extinct. But academic criteria haven't stopped some disappeared species from reappearing, confounding official ...
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32 Animals That Sadly Went Extinct And Why

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 ...