Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

After being eradicated from the state in the early 1900s, gray wolves seemed unlikely to ever make a return. This all changed after a lone wolf made an incredible journey from Oregon to California in ...

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.

After his company, Colossal Biosciences, successfully revived the dire wolf from extinction, he's ready to continue to change ...

Bald eagles are another apex predator that have no known natural predators other than humans. They are opportunistic hunters ...

University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new way to measure the impact of our food production on other species' ...

Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for ...

A fresh analysis of a site in New Mexico provides a glimpse into the final days of the dinosaurs, showing their diversity before going extinct.

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Andrea Parent-Tibbetts owner of Clover Brook Farm in Hyde Park, New York, about leaping llamas, an event at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival where animals compete to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. This week’s spotlight is on the Lange Foundation, a Los Angeles–based rescue that’s been giving vulnerable animals ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...