In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

On a lawn inside the Bronx Zoo, rows of headstones display multiple animal species, making for an eerie display during the ...

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 ...

Throughout history, scientists have declared many species extinct, whether due to natural disasters, habitat loss, or lack of sightings. Research suggests that around 99% of all plants and animals ...

Anacondas achieved their massive size millions of years ago. Discover how anacondas stayed huge while other giant reptiles died out!

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 ...

Extinction is the irreversible loss of animal species that once lived on our planet. The rapid pace of human-driven habitat destruction, climate change, pollution, and poaching has led to the ...

Jurassic Park may have first put the idea of bringing dinosaurs back from the dead into people's heads, but the question of whether we can bring back more recently extinct species is still very much ...

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 ...

A large fossil study shows young shark and ray species vanish faster, while older species stay stable over time.

Other benefactors include the far-sighted Englishman John Knowles, who established Britain’s first zoological collection ...

Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong ...