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

Critter spotters are feline good about this one. Biologists were flabbergasted when an elusive animal thought to be extinct ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Panthera Thailand and Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation announced on Dec. 25 that the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

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

Some animals matter so much to their ecosystems that losing them is like removing the keystone from an arch—the entire ...

The strict regulations of the Endangered Species Act inhibit development and “energy domination,” the Trump administration claims.

Despite the fact that there are no grizzly bears in California, the grizzly bear remains an iconic symbol in the state.