"What's most important is the next steps that we take in the future." Experts note 'there's still a possibility' an extinct ...

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 world changed forever 66 million years ago. The IMPACT caused the Earth to nearly melt, destroyed almost every living thing, burned everything that grows, ...

Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as well as their relationships with people.

Animals and plants aren't automatically taken off most national and state extinct species list in Australia if they are ...

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 ...

One of the tiny animals was dead, while the other was seen cradled in the arms of an officer, softly hooting before covering its face with its arm.

Against all odds, one of Australia’s smallest marsupials has returned to southwest NSW, more than 150 years after it was ...

There is conclusive evidence that Crocidura trichura populations declined dramatically since 1900. In fact, some suspected it ...

Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a woolly mammoth ...