The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

While it is always a shame to see more animals go extinct, the report did include some good news. The IUCN noted that the ...

The clawed creature — named for its elongated forehead and flat skulls — was even labeled “possibly extinct” within Thailand, ...

Dire wolves have not walked the planet for nearly 10,000 years. But thanks to advancements in science, the long-extinct canine has been brought back to existence. On Monday morning, genetic ...

Lions, penguins and wriggly millipedes all have to be counted every year. It takes up to a week to count the thousands of ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

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 ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...

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 ...

The endangered species list may change under the Trump administration. After biotechnology and genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences said it successfully created three dire wolf puppies ...

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...

As the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) enters its 200th year as a charity, keepers at London Zoo have started counting ...